A new addition to Vanbrugh Library is Ellen Feldman's Scottsboro which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction last week. It tells the story of the infamous Scottsboro case, in which nine young black men are arrested in 1931 Alabama for the supposed rape of two white girls, told from the perspective of a young journalist battling to save the youths from the electric chairFor the full details of the shortlist click here:
