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The master of the legal thriller is back with a multigenerational tale that touches on Jewish assimilation in America. The novel is largely inspired by his own father.

Scott Turow walks casually into the restaurant. His hand is outstretched and his smile is contagious. He’s feeling good. Looks good, too. Fit and tanned, Turow’s appearance is at least a decade younger than his 56 years.

Over lunch he tells how the youngest of his three children is heading off to college, that he’s celebrating 34 years of marriage, his legal career is still in fifth gear and he’s given birth to his latest novel, Ordinary Heroes, a suspenseful tale of a man plunged into the mysteries of his family’s secret wartime history.

Leaning over his salad, Turow says with a wink and a let’s-cut-to-the-chase whisper, “When it all comes down to it, my life is basically organized around how much time I can play golf.”

He softens the conversation with stories, both witty and surprisingly open, particularly when it comes to his late father—the relationship that is at the heart of his

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