The Chamber, the Client, the Pelican Brief, & a Time to Kill [Box set] [Paperback]

John Grisham (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group (Trd) (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440360641
• ISBN-13: 978-0440360643
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,707,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, John Grisham was working 60-70 hours a week at a small Southaven, Mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobby--writing his first novel. Born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to a construction worker and a homemaker, John Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball player. Realizing he didn't have the right stuff for a pro career, he shifted gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University. After graduating from law school at Ole Miss in 1981, he went on to practice law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. One day at the DeSoto County courthouse, Grisham overheard the harrowing testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim and was inspired to start a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl's father had murdered her assailants. Getting up at 5 a.m. every day to get in several hours of writing time before heading off to work, Grisham spent three years on A Time to Kill and finished it in 1987. Initially rejected by many publishers, it was eventually bought by Wynwood Press, who gave it a modest 5,000 copy printing and published it in June 1988.That might have put an end to Grishams hobby. However, he had already begun his next book, and it would quickly turn that hobby into a new full-time career. When he sold the film rights to The Firm to Paramount Pictures for $600,000, Grisham suddenly became a hot property among publishers, and book rights were bought by Doubleday. Spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, The Firm became the bestselling novel of 1991.The successes of The Pelican Brief, which hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list, and The Client, which debuted at number one, confirmed Grisham's reputation as the master of the legal thriller. Grisham's success even renewed interest in A Time to Kill, which was republished in hardcover by Doubleday and then in paperback by Dell. This time around, it was a bestseller. Since first publishing A Time to Kill in 1988, Grisham has written one novel a year (his other books are The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Chamber, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, The Partner, The Street Lawyer, The Testament, The Brethren, A Painted House, Skipping Christmas, The Summons, The King of Torts, Bleachers, The Last Juror, The Broker, Playing for Pizza, and The Appeal) and all of them have become international bestsellers. There are currently over 225 million John Grisham books in print worldwide, which have been translated into 29 languages. Nine of his novels have been turned into films (The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, A Painted House, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas), as was an original screenplay, The Gingerbread Man.

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Time to Kill, May 1, 2002

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Andrew Bottom (colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Chamber, the Client, the Pelican Brief, & a Time to Kill (Paperback)

i thought that this book was very anticipating yet interesting. it kept me wanting to read it until the end. theres some action in it and theres a lot of drama on both sides of the conflict. although much of the book was in the courtroom i could say that much action was taken place outside of the courthouse. there are characters that i think the author makes u not like which is understandable considering what they've done. then theres the people u feel sympathy for and can do nothing about it. overall i would rate this a 4 star novel

5.0 out of 5 stars Aroused by the "hidden" truth of life and humans., September 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Chamber, the Client, the Pelican Brief, & a Time to Kill (Paperback)

Not exactly a fan of Grisham's novel but 'A Time to Kill' did open up my mind on terms of justice and the meaning of law.The "beauty" of discrimination and the "joy" of suffer and anguish.Personally, I'm impressed with the theme that he presented and the flow of his idea in captivating the reader's point of view.To be able to "sense" the meaning of democracy and to share the same enthusiasm makes me merely impressed with his writing.What we've read in his novels are some of the normal "thing" that happens in our lives but it takes so much more in "bringing" it to life.That is what John Grisham has done to me and definately to all his readers.

5.0 out of 5 stars entertaining, August 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Chamber, the Client, the Pelican Brief, & a Time to Kill (Paperback)

" A time to Kill" - the most fascinating novel I ever read ..it hasa mixture of drama,suspense,action and comedy..it has everything that will make your reading time unnotice as if you don't want to stop until the end...more power to John Grisham....