"Incisive . . . As emotional, as any words I've read in a long time."--Dwight Garner, The New York Times
"Riveting . . . Amazing . . . The picture of prison life painted by Rideau isn't the one portrayed in many movies. . . . Now he has provided a wonderful chance to share his remarkable life."--
Associated Press "A masterpiece in the realm of autobiographies." -
Anniston Star "Fascinating and inspiring . . . This book is a gift to all of us in so many ways."--
BookPage "Rideau comes across as truthful, remorseful, and straightforward . . .
In the Place of Justice is remarkably even-handed and generous."--
Palm Beach Arts Paper "Searing, suspenseful, stomach-churning and soul-stirring. . . . A sobering indictment of the criminal justice and penal systems in Louisiana over the past half century--and testimony to the triumph of the human spirit."--
Tulsa World "A series of stunning journalistic revelations . . . Quite simply, no prison memoir in recent memory contains prose as deft or as riveting."--Vanity Fair
"A richly detailed [and] all too rare look at life behind bars."--The New York Review of Books
"Perhaps no book written by an inmate has ever conveyed so much factual and emotional information about day-to-day prison life."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Candid . . . Rideau is the rarest of American commodities--a man who exited a penitentiary in better shape than when he arrived."--
The New York Times Book Review
