![]() ![]() This is all accomplished within the first one hundred pages.įrom this point on, John Grisham goes back and forth writing some story here, and describing the court system there, then some more story, then some more facts, and so on. Nonetheless, a young white lawyer, Jake Brigance (a family friend of the Hailey's), decides to take on this almost impossible case - and as a favor to the family, he does it on the cheap. After all, he did it in the open and in full view of the town. ![]() Well, when it's all said and done, Carl Lee shoots down both Pete Willard and Billy Ray Cobb as they're leaving the courtroom.Ĭarl Lee knows he killed them. After being returned to her family, the father, Carl Lee Hailey, instantly vows revenge - despite both men being put on trail for this crime. The story begins when two drunken white men from the south rape a young black girl. In many ways you can tell because it is not written with his usual style that forms over his later novels. A Time to Kill By: John Grisham Rating: 86%īrief Summary: A young, white lawyer defends a black man in a racist town.Ī Time to Kill is John Grisham's first novel. ![]()
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