Tuesday, January 11, 2011

A Time to Kill - John Grisham (pages 1-153)

The story begins in Clanton, a small town in southern Mississippi, as Tonya Lee is walking home from the grocery store.  She is a small, ten year old black-girl, and within minutes her life, and her family's, is shattered.  Two drunken white men pick her up on the side of the road and begin to torture her.  Along with rape, beatings, and an attempted murder, Tonya is thrown over the side of a bridge where she is later found.  The entire black community in the town is shattered as the police arrest Billy Ray Cobb and his friend Willard. 

The trial was set and Carl Lee, the father of Tonya, could only think of revnege.  As the two defendents began walking through the courthouse, Lee popped out of a side room where he had been hiding.  He killed both Willard and Cobb and also injured an officer.

Now, Jake Brigance, a young defense attorney is hired to help Carl as he is put on trial for murder.  Early in the case, Jake faces many struggles with upset towns people such as the local KKK organization.  His wife, daughter, and close friends are now all put in danger as he is taking on a case bigger than anything else placed before him.

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