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SUMMARY: Before The Firm andThe Pelican Brief made him a superstar,John Grisham wrote this riveting story ofretribution and justice -- at last it's available in aDoubleday hardcover edition. In this searing courtroomdrama, best-selling author John Grisham probes thesavage depths of racial violence...as he deliversa compelling tale of uncertain justice in a smallsouthern town...Clanton, Mississippi.The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by twodrunken and remorseless young man. The mostlywhite town reacts with shock and horror at the inhumancrime. Until her black father acquires an assaultrifle -- and takes justice into his own outragedhands.For ten days, as burning crossesand the crack of sniper fire spread through thestreets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound asyoung defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to savehis client's life...and then his own...From the Hardcover edition.
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SUMMARY: 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 vi
SUMMARY: Before The Firm andThe Pelican Brief made him a superstar,John Grisham wrote this riveting story ofretribution and justice -- at last it's available in aDoubleday hardcover edition. In this searing courtroomdrama, best-selling author John Grisham probes thesavage depths of racial violence..
The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, 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
### Amazon.com Review This addictive tale of a young lawyer defending a black Vietnam war hero who kills the white druggies who raped his child in tiny Clanton, Mississippi, is John Grisham's first novel, and his favorite of his first six. He polished it for three years and every detail shines like
The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, 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.
A Southern town is shocked when a 10-year-old black girl is raped by two white men--until the girl's father takes the law into his own hands.