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John Grisham (Author)
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Publication Date: 3 Dec 1992

When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten-year-old child, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal.

But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice.

Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey. It's the kind of case that can make or break a young lawyer. But in the maelstrom of Clanton, it is also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed.

'The best thriller writer alive' Ken Follett, Evening Standard

'Grisham is a natural storyteller' Daily Telegraph

'A giant of the thriller genre' Time Out

'Leaves one eager for more' Spectator

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  • Paperback: 724 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow; Paperback edition (3 Dec 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099134012
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099134015
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 3.1 x 17.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 41,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"The best thriller writer alive" (Evening Standard)

"Grisham is a natural storyteller" (Daily Telegraph)

"A giant of the thriller genre" (Time Out)

"Leaves one eager for more" (Spectator)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 17 Jun 2004
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I read this book on my brother's recomendation after finshing Grisham's other classic 'The Last Juror', and I was sure that nothing could top it. Man, was I wrong! Grisham's first novel is certainly his finest and he tells the story of a black man without a hope in front of an all-white jury seeking justice with the eloquent, flowing style of an accomplished writer, despite it being his first. Anyone who likes a good story that keeps you hooked to the end won't be disappointed - I couldn't put it down. A tremendous read!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good but the film is better 25 April 2008
By Hugh Janus
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After watching the film version of "A Time to Kill" for about the thirteenth time on TV I decided I decided to turn to the book to see how Grisham tells the story. I was expecting a more or less one-to-one correspondence between the two, but was surprised to find a number of differences, most of which to redound to the advantage of the film. This is an entertaining read and I recommend it to Grisham fans, but I can just picture Grisham watching the film version and thinking to himself "why didn't I think of that?" on so many occasions. This is especially true toward the end where the film finishes with a dramatic climax brought about by the skill and dedication of the story's protagonist lawyer, whereas in the book we simply seem to stumble from coincidence to coincidence, with the main resolution brought about by a completely incidental character who is only introduced a few pages before the end of the book. In many film adaptations the writers, pressured for concision, omit relevant and illuminating parts of the book, often at the expense of depth. With "A Time to Kill" this is entirely reversed. Grisham has a tendency to include too much detail, not so much in his descriptions, but in the minutiae of the legal process, so much so that I often felt the plot losing its bite as the same scenes were repeated a few too many times (eg Jake visiting Lucien and getting drunk, or everyone getting drunk at Jake's office). By virtue of its brevity, the film condenses these revealing yet ultimately redundant scences and keeps a much tighter pace. I admit that I read this book with the bias of knowing the film very well, but since there is a 2 hour, more polished, more gripping, more refined and more witty film version of the very interesting premise of this book I find it hard to rate it very highly.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterful reading which does full justice to the novel. 21 Sep 2001
By A Customer
Format:Audio Cassette
The experience of listening to this audio book was in many ways more evocative than simply reading the novel. The voice of the Deep South, so crucial to the contents and themes in the novel, is performed masterfully by the expert reader, who manages the feat of creating voices and characters, sustaining them almost without fault, so that at times we are given the impression that we are listening to a radio play, no dry reading of a book! The moral issues which burn throughout the book, those of vengeance, racism and the culture of the Southern US are not lost at all in the transfer to spoken media, but are rather enhanced, so that the pain of the father in particular is keenly felt.

This audio book is well worth purchasing even if you have already read the novel, or seen the film, as it provides a new slant on the characterisation, and remains entertaining and gripping.

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