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A Time to Kill: A Jake Brigance Novel

by John Grisham

A courtroom drama set against racial violence

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A courtroom drama set against racial violence

In Clanton, Mississippi, an assault by two white men on a ten-year-old Black girl ignites a crisis that reaches far beyond one family. When her father takes justice into his own hands, defense attorney Jake Brigance must defend him as racial tensions escalate across the town. The case places the courtroom at the intersection of violence, law, and a community’s divisions, while the threat extends to Brigance himself. The novel introduces Brigance in a story concerned with the limits of justice and the consequences of racial hatred.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in courtroom dramas and legal conflict.
  • Readers seeking fiction that engages with racial violence and injustice.
  • Readers who want to begin John Grisham’s Jake Brigance novels.

Themes

Racial violence and injusticeLaw and personal justiceCommunity conflictThreats to legal advocates

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Book overview

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - John Grisham's first novel is a searing courtroom drama that probes the savage depths of racial violence and introduced the world to fearless lawyer Jake Brigance.

"John Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing today."--The Philadelphia Inquirer

The life of a ten-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless white men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime--until the girl's father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands.

For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life--and then his own.

Look for all of John Grisham's gripping Jake Brigance novels:
A Time to Kill
Sycamore Row
A Time for Mercy
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