A Time to Kill by John Grisham - 1989

New York: Wynwood, 1989. Book Club Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fine/very good +. A near fine book club edition in a very good plus dust jacket. Black quarter cloth over black paper boards. Binding is sturdy and square. Previous owner's information written in ink on first free endpaper (only flaw). Dust jacket showing wear and a crease at corners and foredge. Tiny tears at foot and crown.of jacket. 425 pp. Octavo. Grisham's first book.Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. 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 the small southern town of Clanton, Mississippi. "The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. 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." [John Grisham web site]