Download A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance #1) PDF
1992
Title | A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance #1) |
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Authors | John Grisham |
Genres | Fiction Books Mystery Books Thrillers Books |
Publisher | Island Books |
ISBN | 9780440211723 |
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... "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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