![]() ![]() ![]() But as he and Lila dig deeper into the circumstances of the crime, the stakes grow higher. Thread by thread, he begins to unravel the tapestry of Carl's conviction. Aided by his skeptical neighbor, Lila, Joe throws himself into uncovering the truth. As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. ![]()
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