A Time for Mercy
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A Time for Mercy is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows small-town lawyer Jake Brigance as he defends a teenager accused of murdering a deputy in a deeply divided Mississippi community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Time for Mercy canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime fiction
ⓘ
legal thriller ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | John Grisham ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
capital punishment
ⓘ
domestic abuse ⓘ justice ⓘ small-town politics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Carl Lee Hailey
ⓘ
Deputy Stuart Kofer ⓘ Drew Gamble ⓘ Harry Rex Vonner ⓘ Jake Brigance ⓘ Lucien Wilbanks ⓘ |
| follows | Sycamore Row ⓘ |
| genre |
crime novel
ⓘ
legal thriller ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
capital murder charge
ⓘ
insanity and diminished capacity defenses ⓘ |
| hasReception | bestseller in the United States ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
criminal trial
ⓘ
public opinion ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780385545969 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist | Jake Brigance ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableAspect | third novel featuring Jake Brigance ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 480 ⓘ |
| partOfUniverse | Ford County novels ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Jake Brigance defends a sixteen-year-old boy accused of murdering a sheriff’s deputy in a small Mississippi town. ⓘ |
| prequel |
A Time to Kill (novel)
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surface form:
A Time to Kill
Sycamore Row ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2020-10-13 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| publisherImprint |
Doubleday
ⓘ
surface form:
Doubleday Books
|
| series |
Jake Brigance
ⓘ
surface form:
Jake Brigance series
|
| setIn | Mississippi ⓘ |
| setInFictionalTown | Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | early 1990s ⓘ |
| takesPlaceIn | fictional Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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