When people use the adjective 'Kafkaesque', it is The Trial they have in mind - the nightmarish world of Joseph K., where the rules are hidden from even the highest officials, and any help there may be comes from unexpected sources.

The story of the indictment, trial and reckoning of Joseph K.

The encounters of Ralph Hartsook, a new school teacher in Flat Creek, Indiana, in the 1850s.

A bank clerk is arrested, but is unable to learn the charges against him. A year later, he is executed.

Draws on firsthand testimonies and recovered court transcripts to present a scholarly account of the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till and its role in launching the civil rights movement.

Local newspaper reporter Lauri Lebo was handed the story of a lifetime when the Dover (Pennsylvania) School Board adopted a measure to require its ninth-grade biology students to learn about intelligent design.

The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.

Josef K. awakes one morning to find himself arrested. The nature of his crime is not revealed to him, neither is the date of his trial.

If you believe in the death penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you.