A Time to Kill - John Grisham

...impressed. It was not a bad film, just weaker than the book as many films are. The book opens with a scene depicting the brutal rape and torture of a ten year old black girl by two white men. It is very distressing to read as it is very detailed and graphic and almost led me to put the book down. However I persevered and I am glad I did. The aforementioned white men are arrested and put into jail. they are taken to the court for the pretrail matters ...
...wounding a deputy. The focus of the novel is on the trial of the father for the shootings. Characters Carl Lee Hailey - The black father on trial for shooting the two white men who raped his young daughter. Carl Lee spends most of his time in jail awaiting trial and so does not feature often in the novel. He is a devoted family man and although not well off strives to provide well for his wife and children. He is torn apart by his daughters brutal ...

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A Time To Kill by John Grisham is a captivating novel that is almost impossible to put down. A true masterpiece by an excellent author. When this book was first released the response to it was luke warm. However upon the release of “The Firm” people began to appreciate Grisham’s work and suddenly “A Time to Kill” was in demand and was re-published as if it were a new book altogether. The books brings alive a sensitive ...
...novel, the story is about a black man named Carl who takes the law into his own hands when he shoots and kills two young white boys who brutally raped and beat his 10-year-old daughter. The peoples of the town are at loggerheads between the law and a father’s natural instinct to protect his family. A local lawyer, called Jake takes up the daunting and almost impossible task of defending Carl. This decision causes mass media attention as well ...

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...with this work. It takes a lot for an author to genuinely impress me as I read a lot when I find the time to do so. I found this book to be extremely good and the characters and the plot were meticuously formed and well maintained throughout the book. Once I started reading I found that I could not put the book down; even staying up until 4 AM one night to finish. The book begins bu describing the rape of a black ten year old girl by two drunk and ...
...for dead and this was a distressing part of the book to read. I am grateful that I read on however, as the book proved to be a very good read. The two white men are arrested by deputy Ozzie Walls and are taken to court for the pertrial arrangements. When they are being escorted back to the jail the father of the raped girl shoots both the men killing them both. It is his trial that the book focuses on. Characters Ozzie Walls - A black deputy who ...

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...though it is just as a thriller it also carries a message that certainly made me think. The basic plot is two racist rednecks in Mississippi kidnap and rape a 10-year-old black girl. They are arrested but the girl's father, unconvinced that he will get justice, decides to take matters into his own hands and he machines guns them down. He is charged with pre-meditated murder and faces execution if convicted. Along comes the hotshot lawyer who wants ...
...we, if we were on a jury, would treat a person who'd killed two men for raping his daughter at the same time he explores race hatred in the Deep South. In doing this he also highlighted the huge differences in culture between the American South and the UK (and incidentally made me glad I was living in the latter). Despite or probably because of its deep thought provoking properties I really enjoyed this book a lot and had difficulty putting it down: ...

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...the highly successful author of a string of legal thrillers, many of which have been made into high-profile films – among the best known of which are The Firm and The Pelican Brief. Grisham, an ex-lawyer (no surprise there) is probably the best-known and most successful, though certainly not the only, exponent of this genre. However, his first novel, A Time to Kill, which was first published in 1989, did not originally attract that much attention. ...
...that the first one gained a wider readership. A Time to Kill was also subsequently made into a film starring Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L Jackson and Sandra Bullock. An interesting introduction to this edition of the book by Grisham provides some insights into the background to how he came to write it, and his feelings about it now. A Time to Kill (original working title “Deathknell” – probably a bad idea, although I’m ...

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...time I started to edit a load of my old ops, well not edit as such, more like completely rewrite. So to follow up from my ops the other day on The Pelican Brief I’ve decided to start this editing process with another of Grisham’s books. In fact I believe this was in fact the first novel he wrote. For anyone whose not aware of Grisham’s work he is an ex lawyer, who after writing a couple of successful novels decided to pack in his ...
...seems to do it in a very creative way. As I mentioned during my Pelican Brief op, he takes a complex subject like law, which I never would have thought to be that interesting and turns it into a thoroughly enjoyable read. The plot is quite dark and from the start of the book it’s obviously going to be one that really tackles the issues. Set in Clanton, Ford County, Mississippi like many other Grisham books it focuses on the plight of Carl ...

Andy.mack 28.09.2002 (03.11.2003) · Read full review
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A Time To Kill was the debut from John Grisham, and this was the book that made him decide whether to continue with a career in law, or to become a full time author. Luckily for fans of Grisham, the book was a success and he moved onwards and upwards, and is now a world renowned best selling author. A lot of Grisham books are set in the deep south of America, as is this one. It is set in Mississippi, in a small town with a tight knit community. ...
...I saw why there was a need to be delve so deeply into each character and location, as it gave me a much better understanding of the atmosphere he was trying to create.The story is harrowing at times, but dealt with in a repesctful manner. While running an errand, a 10 year old girl is brutally raped and savaged by two white men, known in that area as rednecks. The whole event made me stomach churn, and I wanted them to suffer even before I knew ...

nicanddarrell 08.05.2001 (23.10.2003) · Read full review
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...first saw the film of A Time To Kill starring Matthew McConaughy and Sandra Bullock amongst others in a very strong cast and I was deeply moved. I decided to try the book but I had never read a John Grisham book before as I had always imagined that they would be too legally difficult to understand. I was pleasantly surprised, despite being a former lawyer himself , with an incredible understanding and insight into American law, John Grisham can ...
...jargon and he has a great understanding of the emotion his characters must be feeling. The basic story is the battle between black and white in the American South. When his little daughter is brutally raped and left for dead by 2 white punks the lead character Carl , a black man ,takes matters into his own hands and kills the thugs so that they could not harm anyone again. But as it is a case of a black man killing 2 white men the situation is ...

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...The story is about a 10 year old black girl who is brutally raped and left for dead by a couple of young white men. When the case goes to trial the victims father shoots both of the accused on their way to the courtroom. The case is suddenly the father being tried for the murder of the two men. The case attracts national media attention and the town of Clanton is filled with media, black activists and the Ku Klux Klan. Grisham based this book on ...
...I have seldom read a better story and the much overused phrase of “I couldn’t put it down” actually applies in this case. In my opinion this is definitely in the top three novels Grisham has done. I would have no hesitancy in recommending this book to anyone. ...

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...is looking for not only a good book but also an emotional story. The summation of the case given by Jake Brigance at the end is very powerful. All I can say is that unless you read it you won’t know what it is about and how it can affect a person perspective on situations around themselves. 5 stars all the way for this book. ...

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...It tells the story of a small town lawyer trying to use a case to make his name. What he doesn't bargin for is the way he ends up feeling about his client and the case, and what effect it will have, not only on his career, but his life and the lives of all those he holds dear. It is an age old story of people taking sides on the grounds of race, rather than the facts of the case. When Carl Lee Hailey shoots the two guys who have raped his 10 year ...

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I read A Time to Kill a the first time few years ago and I have reread it many times after. it is one book that I have not gotten sick of. The characters are really well written. The pull of the lawyer to cheat on his wife with his law student is great. I am sure many of us have felt the pull of another person but we turn it down. Very well done. Now on to the basic story line This is the story of a father who kills the men who raped his little ...
...can imagine this leads to a lot on race. And since this book takes place in the south the KKK gets involved. As the book's title A Time To Kill states, this father felt that he should take the law into his own hands and kill. Both the family of this man and the lawyer and his family are threatened by the KKK because of the involvement. If you have seen the movie read the book, because there is a lot of story left out. For example in the book the ...

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Review on the film.... A time to Kill is a film that will make you think about the world we live in, and hope the images portrayed un the film are never witnessed by us. As we should accept that we live in a multicultural society and that everyone should get on, regardless of their differences, whether it be race, religion etc. This film is a strong movie, which shows the problems of racism, and how they can lead to tougher problems. It has a strong ...
...McConaughy, which make the film a really good. It’s based on the rape of a little innocent black girl by two white yobs. Who decide to rape her because of her skin colour. The father of the girl is mad, and decided to take the law into his own hands and make sure the killers never strike again. He kills them and a court room battle looms. The rest of the film is based on persuading a lawyer to represent him and in the end to prove why he did ...

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A time to kill came on the other week on BBC1 but I have already seen it before, but that did not stop me watching this film. It’s a powerful film, which highlights racism to the extreme. The cast are outstanding wit good contributions from Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, and Matthew McConaughy. The story line is about some white racist yobs who come into a village and rape an innocent black girl who happens to be at the wrong ...
...knows about a case where similar incident occurred and the people got off, he is not going to let it happen again. Before he kills them for raping his little girl he asks Matthew McConaughy who plays a white lawyer whether he will defend him if he is. He reluctantly agrees even though he is facing financial trouble himself. The case highlights the tensions and the horrors of racism, it is set in a place Mississippi where tensions between Blacks and ...

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In a small South American town, a 10-year-old black girl is brutally raped by two rednecks in a pickup truck. As the rapists make their way into the court room, her father, Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson), shoots and kills them and wounds the deputy in the process. With the Klu Klux Klan (led by Keifer Sutherland), still over-running the town, they start to take revenge on his family and everyone that defends Carl, including his white lawyer ...
...trial takes place. It’s a highly controversial racial court room drama where Carl struggles to get a fair hearing for the crime he has revengefully committed. The NAACP's legal defence team comes to help Carl, but only if he uses a black lawyer for his case, he refuses and sticks to Jake Breggance, who is already struggling to fund himself and his law firm financially. Ellen Roark (Sandra Bullock), a rich young Northerner lawyer, turns up ...

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