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Book Review of A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, Bk 1)

A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, Bk 1)
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A 10-year-old black girl is beaten and raped by two drunken rednecks, and her father takes justice into his own hands. In his own inimitable style, John Grisham tells the story of how attorney Jake Brigance attempts to save the life of the girl's father (and his own), while the Ku Klux Klan burns crosses and black people from all over the Southeast converge on Clanton, Mississippi to march in support of his client.
A Time To Kill is John Grisham at his very best!