Ordinary Heroes (novel)
Author | Scott Turow |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Legal thriller, war novel |
Publisher | Farrar Straus & Giroux |
Publication date | 2005 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 368 pp (first edition, hardback) 494 (paperback) |
ISBN | 0-446-61748-2 (paperback) |
OCLC | 71756644 |
Preceded by | 'Ultimate Punishment |
Followed by | 'Limitations |
Ordinary Heroes, published in 2005, is a novel by Scott Turow. It tells the story of Stewart Dubinsky, a journalist who uncovers writings of his father while going through his things following his funeral. The novel, told in first person, traces Stewart's uncovering of his father David's role in World War II in the European Theatre as a captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. It includes scenes set during the Battle of the Bulge.
Many of the minor characters in Ordinary Heroes also appear in other Turow novels, which are all set in fictional, Midwestern Kindle County.
Categories:
- 1995 American novels
- Novels by Scott Turow
- Novels set during World War II
- Novels about journalists
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux books
- 2000s thriller novel stubs
- World War II novel stubs
- 2000s war novel stubs