Simpson Agonistes

<p>It was called the trial of the century in a century whose end is now a decade in the past. But its impact has reverberated well into this one as its subject continues to make headlines. In Simpson Agonistes author <b>Robert Metcalfe</b> offers an original angle on the O. J. Simpson murder case and trial using Herodotus's lost perspective as a guide.</p><p><i>Simpson Agonistes</i> revisits the Brentwood murders and their aftermath from two opposite perspectives. One is a modern fact-based reinterpretation of pieces of the key evidence-the uncut left-hand glove and the thumps on Kato Kaelin's guesthouse wall-that have never been satisfactorily explained. The other perspective discusses what Herodotus would have had to say about this case as Metcalfe begins a study in nemesis or retributive justice. </p><p>He applies both methodologies to an analysis of what went wrong that fatal night to spoil an almost perfect crime as well as changes to Simpson's story since. Simpson Agonistes presents a scenario that often reads like a tragedy or psychodrama complete with a catharsis at its close.</p>