A story that explores racism, violence, and intimidation head on.
Grisham's legal stories have made him a household name, and one of the biggest selling authors of all time, his first novel A Time To Kill is a great example explaining his success.
After Carl Lee Hailey's daughter is beaten, raped, and left for dead by two white thugs, he takes the law into his own hands and guns them down. His youthful lawyer Jake Brigance must come up with a defense strategy which will keep him from the death sentence that so many of the county's population are demanding. While Hailey has many supporters amongst the people, the fact that he is a black man who has killed two white men, and injured a police officer in the process, gets him attention from the infamous Ku Klux Klan, and the threats and violent intimidation follow quickly. Brigance faces the trial of his lifetime, which will make or break his career, if he can survive long enough.
Explosive reading from a great author, A Time To Kill offers an entertaining array of characters from the South, whose volatile opinions offers a great insight into the complexities of modern America.
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