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Carl Lee is charged with capital murder. Despite efforts to persuade Carl Lee to retain high-powered attorneys, he elects to be represented by Jake. Helping Jake are two loyal friends, disbarred attorney and mentor Lucien Wilbanks, and sleazy divorce lawyer Harry Rex Vonner.
- John Grisham
- 1989
Jan 1, 2001 · A Time to Kill is one of the few emotional contemporary books that I have read. Based on the theme of racism and set in mid-eighties in a southern town in Mississippi, Grisham tells the tale of a black man who murdered two white men who raped his child and one white lawyer's heroic struggle to defend him in a racially prejudiced society amidst ...
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- Paperback
Jun 23, 2009 · by John Grisham (Author) 4.6 33,148 ratings. Book 1 of 3: Jake Brigance. See all formats and editions. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The master of the legal thriller probes the savage depths of racial violence in this searing courtroom drama featuring the beloved Jake Brigance.
- Grisham, John
- $7.48
A Time to Kill is a legal thriller about a black girl's father who takes justice into his own hands after a racist attack. The book features Jake Brigance, a defense attorney who struggles to save his client's life and his own in a racially divided town.
Nov 1, 1993 · A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance) Hardcover – November 1, 1993. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The master of the legal thriller probes the savage depths of racial violence in this searing courtroom drama featuring the beloved Jake Brigance.
- Doubleday
- $23.99
Nov 1, 1993 · A Time to Kill. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The master of the legal thriller probes the savage depths of racial violence in this searing courtroom drama featuring...
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 ...
