Missoula, by Jon Krakauer is a gripping nonfiction novel about the campus rape and following trials that took place in the college town of Missoula, Montana. Jon Krakauer is best known for his other novel Under the Banner of Heaven, and as such, the same pedigree of well researched facts is present. The novel primarily asks what truth is to victims, perpetrators, University officials, local authorities, prosecutors, journalists, and even the American public when considering College rape. Stories detailing some of the sexuall assault are graphic, claustrophobic, choreographed, and excruciatingly detailed. These encounters shed light on what rape is really like; it is not a man who jumps out of a bush, rather rape is often committed by friends,
