Another City, Not My Own

With so many books written about the O. J. Simpson trial, did you ever consider not going ahead with writing this book?

A:  I wasn't trying to do a definitive piece on the O. J. Simpson trial. There have been 58 books, and I'm sick of it -- sick of reading about it. I wanted to show a city in the grip of a murder trial. Because what was fascinating was that all over that city [Los Angeles] no matter wha…