The multi-million copy bestseller John Grisham's first and most shocking novel, adapted as a film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey when Carl Lee Hailey guns down the violent racists who raped his ten-year-old daughter, the people of the small town of clanton, Mississippi see it as justice done, and call for his acquittal. But when extremists outside clanton - including the kkk - hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice. A national media circus descends on clanton. As tensions Mount, Hailey hires the inexperienced Jake brigands to defend him. It's the kind of case that could make a young lawyer's career. But it's also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed. _______________________________________ The original Jake brigance novel. Brigance returns in sycamore row and a time for mercy _______________________________________ 'a master at the art of deft Characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish independent 'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult 'the best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett 'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph 'Grisham is a superb, instinctively storyteller' - The times 'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a League of his own.' - daily record 'masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets Rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' - mirror 'a giant of the thriller genre' - Timeout.
