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An edition of A Time to Kill (1989)

A Time to Kill

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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. 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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Island Books
Language
English
Pages
515

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Subjects

african american girls, attorney and client, capital murder, capital punishment, child sexual abuse, crime fiction, crimes against african american girls, detective and mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, disbarment, district attorneys, fiction, homicide, investigation, ku klux clan, lawyers, legal fiction, legal stories, legal thriller, literature, m16 rifles, murder, murder trials, mystery & detective fiction, mystery fiction, pro bono publico, psychological fiction, race relations, revenge, suspense fiction, thriller, thrillers, trials (murder), vigilantes, white supremacy, Fiction, thrillers, Fiction, suspense, Mississippi, fiction, Fiction, legal, Crime, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Brigance, jake (fictitious character), fiction, Lawyers, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Crimes against, Race discrimination, Filles noires américaines, Romans, nouvelles, Crimes contre, Procès (Meurtre), Vengeance, Discrimination raciale, Fiction, general

People

Jake Brigance, Billy Ray Cobb, Tonya Hailey, James Willard, Carl Lee Hailey, Lucien Wilbanks, Harry Rex Vonner, Ellen Roark, Stump Sisson, Ethel Twitty, Bud Twitty, Mickey Mouse, Omar Noose, Ozzie Walls

Places

Mississippi, Clinton (Miss.), Clanton (Miss.), Clanton, America, Ford County

Times

1980s

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A Time to Kill
2013, Arrow Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Arrow Reissue (1)
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A Time to Kill
2012?, Random House Large Print
Paperback in English - 1st large print paperback edition (1)
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A Time to Kill
1995, Island Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Reprint (54); Movie tie-in
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Non coupable
1995-08, French Loisirs
Hardcover in French - Une édition du Club France Loisirs
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A Time to Kill
1994?, Island Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Reprint (40)
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A Time to Kill
1993-11, Doubleday
Hardcover in English - printing (1)
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De jury
1993, A. W. Bruna Uitgevers
Hardcover in Dutch
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A Time to Kill
1993-11, Doubleday
Hardcover in English - printing (1)
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A Time to Kill
1992-07, Island Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Reprint (5)
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A Time to Kill
1992-07, Island Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Reprint (26)
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A Time to Kill
1989, Wynwood Press
Hardcover in English

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Book Details

First Sentence

"Billy Ray Cobb was the younger and smaller of the two rendnecks."

Edition Notes

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New York, USA
Copyright Date
1989

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
515

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7519149M
ISBN 10
0440211727
ISBN 13
9780440211723
OCLC/WorldCat
881449465
Paperback Swap
0440211727
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0440211727
Google
EZSBRfS9t98C
Library Thing
861081
Goodreads
57232800

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL77001W

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Work Description

A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal thriller and debut novel by American author John Grisham. The novel was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a 5,000-copy printing. When Doubleday published The Firm, Wynwood released a trade paperback of A Time to Kill, which became a bestseller. Dell published the mass market paperback months after the success of The Firm, bringing Grisham to widespread popularity among readers. Doubleday eventually took over the contract for A Time to Kill and released a special hardcover edition.


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