Mass Market Paperback, 738 pages
English language
Published Jan. 25, 2013 by Arrow Books.
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 Brigance 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. --back cover
Un roman classique de John Grisham, lu à l'époque où je raffolais de ses oeuvres, d'autant que celui-ci traite d'un sujet qui m'a toujours intéressé : la peine de mort.
