A Time to Kill (novel)

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legal thriller novel

A Time to Kill (novel) is John Grisham’s debut legal thriller about a young lawyer defending a Black father who kills the white men who brutally assaulted his daughter in a racially divided Mississippi town.

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instanceOf legal thriller ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs A Time to Kill (1996 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
A Time to Kill (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author John Grisham NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist Unknown ⓘ
deweyDecimalClassification 813/.54 ⓘ
fictionalTown Clanton, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
crime fiction ⓘ
legal thriller ⓘ
hasSequel A Time for Mercy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sycamore Row NERFINISHED ⓘ
isbn 0-440-21172-7 ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification PS3557.R5355 T56 1989 ⓘ
mainCharacter Carl Lee Hailey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ellen Roark NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jake Brigance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucien Wilbanks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rufus Buckley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tonya Hailey NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableFor being John Grisham's first published novel ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalPublicationDate 1989-06-01 ⓘ
pageCount 480 ⓘ
partOfSeries Jake Brigance series NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotSummary A young white lawyer defends a Black father who kills the white men who raped his daughter in a racially divided Mississippi town. ⓘ
protagonistName Jake Brigance NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistOccupation lawyer ⓘ
protagonistRole defense attorney for Carl Lee Hailey ⓘ
publicationYear 1989 ⓘ
publisher Wynwood Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingRegion American South NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter criminal trials ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
vigilantism ⓘ
theme legal ethics ⓘ
morality of the death penalty ⓘ
racial tension ⓘ
racism ⓘ
vigilante justice ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1980s ⓘ

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A Time to Kill → basedOn → A Time to Kill (novel) ⓘ
Sycamore Row → prequel → A Time to Kill (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Time to Kill
A Time for Mercy → prequel → A Time to Kill (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Time to Kill
Renee Jones → notableWork → A Time to Kill (novel) ⓘ
subject surface form: John Grisham
this entity surface form: A Time to Kill