A Time To Kill by John Grisham
In a racially charged courtroom drama set in the Deep South, a young, white attorney takes on a controversial case defending a black father who takes the law into his own hands after his ten-year-old daughter is brutally assaulted by two white men. As the lawyer struggles against personal threats, social outrage, and political pressure, the town is torn apart by violence and prejudice, forcing its inhabitants to confront their own beliefs about justice, equality, and retribution. The narrative weaves through themes of racial tension, legal ethics, and the quest for vengeance, culminating in a tense and morally complex trial that puts the entire community's values on trial.
The 1270th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1989
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 515
- Words
- 161,000
- Original Language
- English
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This book is on the following lists:
- 16th on Top 100 Killer Thrillers (NPR)
- 72nd on The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Mystery Writers of America)
- 269th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- The 100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers since 1945 (The Times)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)