by John Grisham · Arrow Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099590750
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In the small town of Clanton, Mississippi, Carl Lee Hailey, a black man, takes justice into his own hands by murdering the two white men who brutally raped his ten-year-old daughter. This act unleashes a storm of controversy and racial tension, dividing the community and attracting national media attention. Jake Brigance, a young local lawyer, takes on the difficult task of defending Hailey, facing a prejudiced society, the threat of the Ku Klux Klan, and his own moral dilemmas. In a trial full of unexpected twists, Brigance struggles to prove that, at times, justice transcends the law, exploring themes of race, revenge, and the search for truth in an imperfect legal system.
John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American writer, lawyer, and former politician, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling, Grisham is one of only three Anglophone authors to have sold two million copies on the first printing.
