The Last Juror
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739309013 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 366 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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T.R. Padmanabhan said Small town life in Mississipi. Life in Clanton, Ford County, MS seen through the eyes of Willie Traynor, a young man who buys the 'Times' the local weekly newspaper. A town still divided by race facing up to the oncoming desegregation of schools - into this steps Willie from 'up north' like a breath of fresh air.Using a gruesome rape & murder, the ensuing trial and it's far reaching consequences as the main plot, Grisham, in this tale of 'The last Juror' paints a panorama of life in Cl. A+ for another Grisham Novel You usually know what you are getting with John Grisham. I found this one to be the same - very original with a twist I was not expecting at the end. This is the first Grisham book that I finished and thought - they should make it into a movie. The only reason a movie would not work is the element of time (the story actually takes place over many years) and I think all of the locations would make for an expensive filming budget.I would recommend this book. Ian D Gordon said Best Grisham book I've read in a while. Best Grisham book I've read in a while, but still lacks the bite of the first one or two. The main character, a journalist, is quite developed as a character - at least for this form of literature - but most of the others are caricatures. Pity, because the story was interesting and could have been better told by understanding more of the victim and of the accused - but all we learned was bits and pieces of the lives of not-at-all-involved onlookers and ju
In 1970, small town newspaper The Clanton Times went belly up. But, when Padgitt is released after serving less than a decade in jail and members of the jury are murdered, Clanton once again finds itself at the mercy of its renegade family. Soon afterward, his new business receives the readership boost it needs thanks to his editorial efforts and coverage of a particularly brutal rape and murder committed by the scion of the town's reclusive bootlegger family. The Last Juror returns Grisham to the courtroom where he
He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began.From the Hardcover edition.. But in Mississippi in 1970, "life" didn't necessarily mean "life," and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. Nevertheless, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper.The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a m