John Jay Osborn Jr., author of the best-selling 1971 novel “The Paper Chase,” a coming-of-age story about an idealistic Harvard Law School student who becomes obsessed with both contracts law and his imperious professor, died Oct. 19 at his home in San Francisco. He was 77.
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John Jay Osborn Jr., author of ‘The Paper Chase,’ dies at age 77
His coming-of-age novel — about an idealistic Harvard Law School student obsessed with the law and his imperious contracts professor — was adapted for film and television