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Title | : | A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance #1) |
Author | : | John Grisham |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 515 pages |
Published | : | March 15th 2004 by Dell (first published 1989) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Italy. European Literature. Italian Literature |
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Paperback | Pages: 515 pages Rating: 4.07 | 680790 Users | 5018 Reviews
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Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0385338600 / 9780385338608Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. 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 men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes matters into his 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.
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Original Title: | A Time to Kill |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Jake Brigance #1 |
Characters: | Jake Brigance, Carl Lee Hailey, Harry Rex Vonner |
Setting: | Ford County, Mississippi(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 680790 Users | 5018 ReviewsNotice Regarding Books A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance #1)
Audiobook - 12:21 hours - Narrator: Robert Petkoff3.0 out of 5.0 stars - "I Liked It" (Second "reading")My GR friend Tim read this a few weeks ago and awarded it a very rare, for him, 10 out of 10 stars. Because of this, I decided to read listen to it for a second time.I first read "A Time to Kill" as a paperback in the early 1990's, following John Grisham's huge success with "The Firm", "The Pelican Brief", and those that followed annually in his first decade as a top-line author. As I tunedI don't normally read books like this one, but a good friend recommended it so I decided to give it a shot. Now I am glad that I did, it make me view court room dramas in a whole different light. This is also a first time read for me with this author.SynopsisIn 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
3.5 stars I enjoyed this but it didnt entertain me as much as I hoped.
My first John Grisham novel was his latest release, The Whistler: a capable, if not entirely thrilling, read. Because I give every author two chances to 'wow' me, I decided to take a stab at Grisham's debut, A Time to Kill. Wow. Wow wow wow. Was I impressed! Set in northeastern Mississippi (an area I've ridden through many times, and have a certain affection for), a young black girl is kidnapped and brutally raped by two white rednecks, both career criminals despite only being in their twenties.
A Time to Kill, John GrishamA Time to Kill is a 1988 legal thriller by John Grisham. It was Grisham's first novel. In the small town of Clanton, in fictional Ford County, Mississippi, a ten-year-old African-American girl named Tonya Hailey is viciously raped and beaten by two white supremacists, James "Pete" Willard and Billy Ray Cobb. Tonya is later found and rushed to the hospital while Pete and Billy Ray are heard bragging at a roadside bar about their crime. Tonya's distraught and outraged
I confess that when one of my book clubs made this our monthly selection, I approached it with more than a little trepidation. I knew that this was Grisham's first book and that when it was first published as a hardcover, he could hardly give it away. Sales were so poor that there was initially no paperback release. Only after the success of The Firm and other of Grisham's books was this one finally resurrected and released in paperback.Like most of Grisham's other readers, I jumped aboard the
I liked it.
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