**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The master of the legal thriller
probes the savage depths of racial violence in this searing courtroom
drama featuring the beloved Jake Brigance.
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**"John Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing
today."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
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The life of a ten-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and
remorseless white men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County,
Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime--until
the girl's 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.
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Don't miss John Grisham's new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM,
coming soon!**