A Time to Kill by John Grisham - 1989
by John Grisham
A Time to Kill
by John Grisham
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Grisham's first book, written and published while he was still working as a lawyer and serving in the Mississippi State Legislature. Grisham's book was turned down by a number of publishers, and was finally picked up by the tiny Wynwood Press, which did a modest first printing of 5000 copies. The book didn't sell well, probably because the small publisher was virtually unknown, especially for publishing fiction, and also lacked marketing dollars. When Grisham's second novel, The Firm, was bought by Doubleday and published in 1991, copies of the first printing of A Time to Kill were still available from the publisher. The Sydney Pollack movie of it cemented Grisham's status as not only a bestselling author but one whose work translated readily to the screen. A film version of A Time to Kill was released in 1996. The first book in a runaway career.
The life of a ten-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. "On a spring afternoon in Clanton, Mississippi, when 10-year-old Tonya Hailey should have been attending to childlike things, two rednecks subjected her to a rape and beating so savage it would leave her scarred forever. Days later, unable to contain his grief and rage, her father, Carl Lee Hailey, took revenge against Tonya's attackers. Armed with an M-16 rifle, he pumped them full of bullets in a bloody courthouse massacre. To some, it was justice; to others, murder...
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- Book Condition Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition Near Fine
- Edition Unstated, Presumed 1st (Possible BCE)
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Wynwood Press
- Place of Publication Tarrytown,NY
- Date Published 1989
- Keywords Mystery Thriller Fiction
- Size 435 Pages
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