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Set against the harsh plains and smoke‑filled courtrooms of the Midwest as the Great Depression looms, *Justice for None* follows Boyd Calvin, a disfigured World War I veteran accused of murdering his estranged wife and her lover. He is not alone in his fight: joined by a wrongly accused African‑American man, they seek to uncover evidence that challenges the prevailing narratives of the time.
Their quest is aided by a female reporter for the Chicago Tribune and the head of a veteran sanitarium, both skeptical of the official verdicts. Through their alliance, they confront the injustices and racial prejudices that haunt the region, as they dig deeper into the shadows of their own pasts and the possibilities of true justice.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Gene Hackman
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