With casey cep. She tells the story of author harper lees attempt to write a true crime book. [inaudible conversations] hello, everybody. Can you hear me okay . My name is r are ebek ah, tonight we are on excited to have casey cep [cheers and applause] furious hours, this is a book that katie sorry, casey. [laughter] this is not the first thing that casey has given us to write. Casey has been writing for the new yorker, the New York Times, many, many others for many years now, and many of you probably noticed because youre here, but in all of her work she has this superhuman ability to make everything she touches fascinating and crystal clear, and this could not be more true for this book. In this one, casey works to lay out two intertwining mysteries. One is the story of reverend Willie Maxwell and his trial, and the other is the unfinished work of a beloved literary character, and she recounts both stories with contagious dedication to seeing them through and doing them as much justi