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Upon hearing about this book, I was disgusted. "How can people help him make money off murder?" Swore I'd never read it, then (all these years later) I found out that the Goldmans get the money. So I bought it. And I read it. Unsurprisingly, the best part of the book is Dominick Dunne's afterword. There is something from Kim Goldman, as well, which was pretty well done. The "OJ" part of the book is extraordinarily disappointing. I thought it would be a confession, much like Ted Bundy's confession - honesty cloaked as a hypothetical. (Odd how lies are presented as truths and truths are presented as lies. It must be exhausting to be these guys, all those mental gymnastics.) Basically, the OJ story is just BS and not honest at all. Nicole is presented as a decent girl who, over the years, becomes more and more demanding, emotionally draining and irrational. OJ presents himself as the perfect, stand-up guy who is so put-upon by this whack job, Nicole. He does everything he can do and is always doing the right thing. Even when he lost his temper (which was, of course, all Nicole's fault and ONLY happened those times that were recorded on 911 calls), it was because he was such a good dad and worried about his kids - FOR THE CHILDREN! - he was pushed harder than any tolerant, rational good parent and decent man could stand. Who could blame him for his outburst?! Poor OJ. There is a brief description of the moments leading up to the murder, which is all BS. Completely, ridiculously fabricated. OJ reports that Ron Goldman was preparing to fight him, then OJ (of course) blacks out. The next thing he remembers is being covered in blood, seeing two bodies and wondering what happened and who did that? So very, very stupid. Even when presented with the opportunity to tell the truth while cloaking it in hypotheticals, OJ still lies. He must really have convinced himself that there is some story that will explain it all, have him coming across as the good guy and make people not just believe him, but like him and admire him. Even Ted Bundy told the truth in the end. Not OJ. The guy just cannot tell the truth. No insight into the mind of a batterer-turned-murderer. No honesty about what he thought or felt. Nothing real. At all. The only thing I learned from this book is that OJ, even after so much time to do it, isn't smart enough to come up with a decent, close-to-believable lie. So, he's dumber than I suspected he was. That's it. The ONLY reason to buy the book is because you want to throw a few bucks to the Goldmans. There really isn't anything worth reading.