TY - BOOK AU - Landay,William TI - Defending Jacob: a novel SN - 9780385344227 (hbk. : acidfree paper) AV - PS3612.A5477 D44 2011 U1 - 813/.6 22 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Delacorte Books KW - Public prosecutors KW - Fiction KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Massachusetts KW - Mystery fiction KW - gsafd KW - Legal stories N2 - Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. When a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. As the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own-- between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he's tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive ER -