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"John Grisham returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to tell the story of an unthinkable murder, the bizarre trial that follows it, and its profound and lasting effect on the people of Ford County. Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946. he rose early, drove into town, walked into the...
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In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues behind. There were no witnesses, no real suspects, no one with a motive. The police soon settled on Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client of Russos. Quincy was framed, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison with no lawyer, no advocate...
3) Sycamore Row
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Jake Brigance novels volume 2
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English
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In this novel the author takes the reader back to where it all began in A Time to Kill. Now we return to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial; a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history. Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard...
4) Czas zapłaty
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Polish
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Szansa na zmianę tej sytuacji pojawia się, gdy nieuleczalnie chory Seth Hubbart popełnia samobójstwo i pozostawia po sobie kontrowersyjny testament, którego sądowe zatwierdzenie powierza Jake'owi. Nie będzie łatwo udowodnić - przed ławą przysięgłych, w której zasiadają głównie biali - że zmarły, zapisując niemal cały swój majątek czarnoskórej gosposi, był w pełni władz umysłowych. Zwłaszcza że przeciwnikami Jake'a Brigance'a...
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