A Time to Kill

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In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling  author John Grisham probes the savage depths of  racial violence… as he delivers a compelling tale  of uncertain justice in a small southern  town…Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a  ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and  remorseless young man. The mostly white town reacts  with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until  her black father acquires an assault rifle — and  takes justice into his own outraged hands.For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of  sniper fire spread through the streets of  Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense  attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his  client’s life… and then his own…Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon!

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Weight 0.255375 kg
Dimensions 2.794 × 10.4648 × 17.4498 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

544

Publisher

Year Published

1992-6-1

Imprint

Publication City/Country

USA

ISBN 10

0440211727

About The Author

John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.   Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.   When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.   John lives on a farm in central Virginia.

"Grisham's pleasure in relating the Byzantine  complexities of Clanton (Mississippi) politics is  contagious and he tells a good story…An enjoyable book."  — Library Journal.  "Grisham excels!" — Dallas Times  Herald.

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