(Before The Firm and��The Pelican Brief made him a superstar,��John Grisham wrote this riveting story of��retribution and justice -- at last it's available in a��Doubleday hardcover edition. 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 man. 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 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...


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