A Time to Kill (Paperback)
| Author: John Grisham |
List Price:
$9.99
(Save 6%)
Today
$9.35
Free Budget Shipping
EARN 10 RAKUTEN SUPER POINTSWhat's this?
| Format: | Paperback |
Click here for Kobo Edition (eBook). Available for $9.99! (What's this?)
Condition:
Brand New
In Stock:
Usually Ships in 1 to 2 business days
5 New and Used
from
$3.99
Share
Product Details:
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
ISBN-10: 0440245915
ISBN-13: 9780440245919
Sku: 210869495
Publish Date: 6/23/2009
Pages:
660
Edition Number:
20
See more in Suspense
Billy Ray Cobb was the youngest and smallest of the two rednecks. (from the first line)
| A Southern town is shocked when a 10-year-old black girl is raped by two white men--until the girls father takes the law into his own hands. *Author: Grisham, John *Publication Date: 2009/06/23 *Number of Pages: 660 *Binding Type: Paperback *Language: English *Depth: 1.75 *Width: 4.25 *Height: 7.50 |
|
From the Publisher:
Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice -- at last it's available in a Doubleday hardcover edition. 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... From the Hardcover edition. |
Annotation:
A lawyer takes the controversial case of a black man accused of killing a white man in rural Mississippi.
A lawyer takes the controversial case of a black man accused of killing a white man in rural Mississippi.
Author Bio
John Grisham
John Grisham woke up at 5:00 every morning for three years to complete his first novel, A TIME TO KILL. Working as a lawyer and a member of Mississippi's state legislature, Grisham published his debut thriller with a small and somewhat unknown publisher, receiving only local readership in his home state. He finally burst on to the national scene with his second novel, THE FIRM, a legal thriller that sold millions of copies and stayed on the New York Times best-seller list for 47 weeks. Shortly afterward, Grisham moved to Oxford, Mississippi, where he began working on a series of new legal thrillers, including THE PELICAN BRIEF and THE CLIENT, all of which became bestsellers and were subsequently made into successful films. Having graduated from the University of Mississippi in Oxford with a law degree in 1981, Grisham went on to base his popular thrillers on his experience as a specialist in criminal defense. His once-unknown debut, A TIME TO KILL, was made into a major motion picture in 1996.
Praise
Library Journal
"Grisham's pleasure in relating the Byzantine complexities of Clanton (Mississippi) politics is contagious and he tells a good story...An enjoyable book."
"Grisham's pleasure in relating the Byzantine complexities of Clanton (Mississippi) politics is contagious and he tells a good story...An enjoyable book."
Book Format:
Related Products
