Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice -- at last it's available in a Doubleday hardcover edition. In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence...as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town...Clanton, Mississippi.
The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young man. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle -- and takes justice into his own outraged hands.
For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life...and then his own...
From the Hardcover edition.
Can't campare with the great novel <To Kill A Mocking Bird>. We must admit that, the coloured men are vulnerabe group among the whole country in America. But that doesn't mean they have the right to be acquitted when facing the law. Law is not about emotion...
評分中文版的没看过,英文原著看了不下五遍。 很有哈伯·李的《杀死一只知更鸟》的影子,这本1961年出版的经典小说至今仍遭受各种人的口诛笔伐。 先提一下John Grisham,他曾是一位极富正义感的律师,建筑工人的儿子,现在则是一位极富正义感的作家。他作品中的人物始终都是社会...
評分杀戮时刻是以律师为男一号,以一起报复杀人案的审理为主线,不厌其烦地讲述了美国刑事司法体系的运作程序,律师、检察官、法官之间的合作互动、勾心斗角、嬉笑怒骂,陪审团的遴选与案情评议,精神病鉴定专家的当庭表演,控辩双方的法庭辩论,可谓一幅面面俱到、惟妙惟肖的美国...
評分虽然是自动化本科毕业后又去糊弄出一个法律系的学士学位,但是一直没有对于法学有深入的研究。 想不到,居然是约翰.格里姆森将英美法系的审判程序如此生动的展现在我面前。 检方提出的控告是否起诉要经大陪审团裁定 取保候审的金额、审判地点的选择要通过法庭判定 陪审团人...
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评分精彩!
评分米國人還真是喜歡法律fiction...
评分the story is simple,but you can see these people like they are standing in front of you.you sink in this story
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