num_pages: 738
description: This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780385338608 Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. 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 men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. That is, until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes matters into his 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.
language: English
title: A Time to Kill
titlecomplete: A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
characters: Mack Loyd Crowell, Mickey Mouse (A Time to Kill), Lucien Wilbanks, Ethel Twitty, DeWayne Looney, James Willard, Jake Brigance, Billy Ray Cobb, Clyde Sisco, Dr. W.T. Bass, Stump Sisson, Tonya Hailey, Freddy Cobb, Judge Omar Noose, Harry Rex Vonner, Bo Marsharfsky, Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver, Wanda Womack, Carl Lee Hailey, Rufus Buckley, Ozzie Walls, Ellen Roark, Ollie Agee
genres: Thriller, Novels, Adult Fiction, Crime, Suspense, Legal Thriller, Adult, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 790773
places: Clanton, Ford County, Mississippi
series: Jake Brigance
publisher: Dell