Primal Fear | |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Genre: | Thriller, novel |
Publisher: | Villard |
Release Date: | January 1993 |
Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Isbn: | 0-679-40211-X |
Isbn Note: | (first edition, hardback) |
Dewey: | 813/.54 20 |
Congress: | PS3554.I345 P75 1993 |
Oclc: | 25632732 |
Followed By: | Show of Evil |
Primal Fear is a 1993 American thriller novel by William Diehl about Aaron Stampler, an altar boy accused of murder, and Martin Vail, the attorney defending him.[1]
It was adapted into the 1996 film of the same name, starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton.[2]
The characters of Stampler and Vail appear in two additional novels by author Diehl, Show of Evil and Reign in Hell.[3]
Martin Vail, a lawyer of "bad-boy" fame, is defending Aaron Stampler, who is seen standing with a bloody knife when the Archbishop was murdered. Knowing he would lose, Vail used his unorthodox skills to take legal advantage.