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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The master of the legal thriller probes the savage depths of racial violence in this searing courtroom drama featuring the beloved Jake Brigance.
"John Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing today."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
The life of a ten-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless white men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime--until the girl's father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands. For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life--and then his own. Don't miss any of John Grisham's gripping Jake Brigance novels:
A TIME TO KILL - SYCAMORE ROW - A TIME FOR MERCY
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 11/01/1993
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.60d
ISBN13: 9780385470810
ISBN10: 0385470819
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
- Fiction | Legal
"John Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing today."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
The life of a ten-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless white men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime--until the girl's father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands. For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life--and then his own. Don't miss any of John Grisham's gripping Jake Brigance novels:
A TIME TO KILL - SYCAMORE ROW - A TIME FOR MERCY
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 11/01/1993
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.60d
ISBN13: 9780385470810
ISBN10: 0385470819
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
- Fiction | Legal
About the Author
John Grisham is the author of a collection of stories, a work of nonfiction, three sports novels, four kids' books, and many legal thrillers. His work has been translated into forty-two languages. He lives near Charlottesville, Virginia.