Billy Ray Cobb was the younger and smaller of the two rednecks.
An edition of A Time to Kill
(1989)
A Time to Kill
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by John Grisham
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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 a small southern town....
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....
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Jake Brigance, Billy Ray Cobb, Tonya Hailey, James Willard, Carl Lee Hailey, Lucien Wilbanks, Harry Rex Vonner, Ellen Roark, Stump Sisson, Ethel Twitty, Bud Twitty, Mickey Mouse, Omar Noose, Ozzie WallsPlaces
Mississippi, Clinton (Miss.), Clanton (Miss.), Clanton, America, Ford CountyTimes
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A Time to Kill
2013, Arrow Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
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A Time to Kill
2012?, Random House Large Print
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A Time to Kill
1995, Island Books
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Non coupable
1995-08, French Loisirs
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2724289242 9782724289244
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A Time to Kill
1994?, Island Books
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1992-07, Island Books
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1992-07, Island Books
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"Billy Ray Cobb was the younger and smaller of the two rendnecks."
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A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal thriller and debut novel by American author John Grisham. The novel was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a 5,000-copy printing. When Doubleday published The Firm, Wynwood released a trade paperback of A Time to Kill, which became a bestseller. Dell published the mass market paperback months after the success of The Firm, bringing Grisham to widespread popularity among readers. Doubleday eventually took over the contract for A Time to Kill and released a special hardcover edition.
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