| Yes folks, it's the long awaited OJ Simpson confession | | | | Simpson was planning a tell all book. One article I read |
| book! Except that in OJ's mind it was anything but, he | | | | claimed that this section was 'under edited,' that might |
| claims it is a fictional account of how we would have | | | | be true, but it is also written from the heart. And I will |
| done it, if he had done it! I have lots of problems with | | | | take that every time over the sterile grammatical style |
| this book, not least of which is what was going through | | | | favored by many large publishing houses. It worked for |
| his sick and twisted mind to want to write the book in | | | | me and set the scene well. |
| the first place. If you are innocent this book makes no | | | | The most damning testimony to the guilt and obvious |
| sense. And if you are guilty, it makes even less sense, | | | | truth to the 'hypothetical version of events' comes |
| unless you are trying to confess and clear the air. But | | | | from Ghostwriter Pablo Fenjves. In a matter of just 20 |
| he plainly says, time and time again that it is fiction. | | | | pages Pablo tells a very interesting side of OJ |
| The good news is that through the intervention of Fred | | | | Simpson. Although I had no doubt of his guilt from the |
| and Kim Goldman OJ Simpson will not see one dime | | | | time of the actual 1993 events, Pablo makes a case |
| of profits from its sale. The not so good news is that | | | | that is so strong event Judge Ito and that half wit jury |
| OJ did manage to get the almost $700,000 in | | | | would have found OJ guilty. |
| advances before the project became public. | | | | Next up, is the OJ Simpson text. Pretty much it is a |
| Really it is the story behind the book that makes better | | | | self serving and nauseating piece of garbage. He |
| reading than the book itself. When the Goldman family | | | | explains at great length what a nice guy he is, and |
| heard that OJ Simpson was having a book written | | | | what a bad person Nicole Brown was. The one |
| they moved into high gear to prevent its publication | | | | chapter of interest is the one detailing the events of |
| and his ability to profit from the misery. In the 13 years | | | | the fateful night. With the exception of the 'second |
| following the guilty verdict Simpson has paid exactly | | | | man,' it likely is one of the few factual parts of the |
| nothing of the money awarded to the Goldman's. He | | | | entire manuscript. |
| relocated to Florida to avoid the pesky Californian | | | | The final chapter is written by Dominick Dunne. |
| judgment, and spends a happy life playing golf and | | | | Dominick covered the original trial for Vanity Fair, and |
| who knows what else. The award was somewhere in | | | | became a close friend of the Goldman's as a result. |
| the 18 million dollar range, with interest that now amount | | | | His is an interesting story, he too lost a child at the |
| has more than doubled, one report puts it at 39 million | | | | hands of a murderer, his daughter was killed, and the |
| dollars. | | | | killer walked free after only 2 ½ years behind |
| With ammunition like that the courts sided with the | | | | bars. Needless to say he does not have any |
| Goldman's and gave them the rights to the book. | | | | sympathy for Mr. Simpson. Dominick does a good job |
| Unfortunately there were strings attached, a | | | | of summarizing the book, and while maybe not adding |
| bankruptcy was involved. And after much soul | | | | anything new, provides the reader with an eloquent |
| searching they realized that although they had won, | | | | essay. |
| the win came at the great price of now having to | | | | So the question you are asking yourself right now is |
| publish the book. | | | | 'Should I buy this book?' Well a great work of literature |
| The end result, is a book that I am sure OJ hates! Yes | | | | it is not, but that does not mean that it is not a 'must |
| his material is included in its unchanged entirety, | | | | read' book. I am glad that 'If I Did It' has been published, |
| however it it preceded by some commentary by Fred | | | | and I am happy that I managed to get a copy. It is |
| Goldman, and the actual Ghostwriter Pablo Fenjves. | | | | compulsive reading, and I recommend it |
| The book is ended by a chapter written by Dominick | | | | wholeheartedly. |
| Dunne. | | | | I am working on an interview with Kim and Fred |
| Let's take these sections one by one. Fred Goldman | | | | Goldman, and I think that will be an illuminating event. |
| explains at length the problems and frustrations his | | | | My advice, go get a copy and read it, it is widely |
| family felt when it became public knowledge that OJ | | | | available in bookstores and also through Amazon. |