Bellissimo.
Grisham non si smentisce e non mi delude mai!
Rileggerlo dopo anni non ne diminuisce in alcun modo il piacere della lettura. ( )

An excellent look at a very racist 1980s (i actually had to look up the year, would have guessed 50s or 60s) Mississippi and what happens when two drunk rednecks rape and torture a 10year old girl, and her father takes revenge by killing them, and the ensuing trial. Probably the best Grisham I’ve read. ( )

First sentence: Billy Ray Cobb was the younger and smaller of the two rednecks.

Premise/plot: Can Jake Brigance, a defense attorney, get his client, Carl Lee Hailey, to be declared not guilty by an all-white jury in Clanton, Mississippi. Carl Lee Hailey's VERY young daughter, Tonya, is gang-raped by two men--two rednecks. They are arrested and charged with the crime, but, Carl Lee Hailey dispenses his own justice--murdering them at the courthouse shortly after their arraignment. The rape AND the murder have turned the town--the county--upside down. People taking sides, feeling strongly on the subject. It also brings the Klan back to the county/town, and things escalate VERY quickly.

This one is packed with violence, with threats, with the n-word. It is an intense read.

My thoughts: This one is so graphic, so violent, so in-your-face with racism. I knew it involved rape....and murder. I was expecting it to be rough and gritty--if you will. This one is packed with so much ugliness. And warning, you are THROWN right into it. The novel opens with a VIOLENT, disturbing, horrific crime in progress.

I did find it compelling. I don't know that it was ever a pleasant read. It was almost always disturbing. But I am glad I read it. I'll be watching the movie soon. I may seek out more of his books. ( )

BOMC fine

First edition as new