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A time to kill / John Grisham.

Grisham, John. (Author).

Summary:

"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 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" -- Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385338608 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 0385338600 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: x, 515 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: Vintage Books trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Jake Brigance novel"--Cover.
Subject: Child sexual abuse > Investigation > Fiction.
Vigilantes > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Trials (Murder) > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Erlanger Branch GRISH J (Text) 33126019460132 Adult Fiction Available -
Erlanger Branch GRISH J (Text) 33126026245260 New Adult Fiction Reshelving -
Independence Branch GRISH J (Text) 33126026245138 New Adult Fiction Checked out 05/07/2024

John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.
 
Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.
 
When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.
 
John lives on a farm in central Virginia.


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