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A Time to Kill

By John Grisham

Book information

Publisher
Island Books
Year
1992
ISBN
0440211727, 9780440211723
LCC
PS3557.R5355 T56 1989
Open Library ID
OL18402218M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
869 kB (889578 bytes)
Pages
515\275
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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...

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