"In the Name of the Father" is a film based on the true story of a group of young people called the "Guilford Four" who were accused and jailed for the bombing of the Guildford Pub. Gerry Conlon, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, starts out as a young, unemployed thief who steals lead from neighborhoo...

In the novel Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies, a young man named Dunstable Ramsey is cursed with the burden of guilt for the rest of his life. He feels the guilt of what he has done so keenly because he believed what happened should have been to him. He carries the responsibility for the rest of...

I recently read the book Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe holds a doctorate in American Studies from Yale University and is the author of many non fiction books such as The Right Stuff, In Our Time, and Clutter and Vine. Bonfire of the Vanities was his first fiction work. Thi...