A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)

by John Grisham

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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...
  • ISBN10 0922066035
  • ISBN13 9780922066032
  • Publish Date 1 July 1989
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Wynwood
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English