A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)

by John Grisham

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Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. 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 throughout 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....

Book Details

ISBN13	9780440211723
ISBN10	0440211727
Series/Work	OL77001W View on OpenLibrary
Pages	515
Language	EN-US
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

african american girls attorney and client Brigance, jake (fictitious character), fiction capital murder capital punishment child sexual abuse crime fiction Crime, fiction Crimes against crimes against african american girls Crimes contre detective and mystery fiction detective and mystery stories disbarment Discrimination raciale district attorneys fiction Fiction, general Fiction, legal Fiction, psychological

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