A wild book in many ways. In the final section Tyson tries to fool himself and us that he's a reformed character yet the preceding chapters are a long list of misogynistic encounters with women whom he is unable to describe in anything but demeaning terms. There's no indication that he is able to feel empathy for females as human beings, with the exception of his wife and daughters.
Of course he still denies the rape, and his ghostwriter makes the strongest case he can for Tyson's innocence. The judge gets tons of abuse in the text. It's plausible that Tyson was jailed due to his race, class and reputation rather than on the merits of the evidence, but then there's the counterbalancing fact that, by his own admission, he was a violent man addicted to sex who was often unable to resist temptation. The mystery to me is why so many women found him irresistable.
Overall the book leaves a very dirty taste in the mouth, like a journey through the gutter, but it's also strangely compelling to read in a car crash kinda way.
Of course he still denies the rape, and his ghostwriter makes the strongest case he can for Tyson's innocence. The judge gets tons of abuse in the text. It's plausible that Tyson was jailed due to his race, class and reputation rather than on the merits of the evidence, but then there's the counterbalancing fact that, by his own admission, he was a violent man addicted to sex who was often unable to resist temptation. The mystery to me is why so many women found him irresistable.
Overall the book leaves a very dirty taste in the mouth, like a journey through the gutter, but it's also strangely compelling to read in a car crash kinda way.
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