![]() ![]() The misogyny in this novel is almost as disgusting as the racism, the latter of which is mostly intentional but still nauseating to read. The ten year old girl is also 'fine' by the end of the novel. His improbably attractive and intelligent assistant is dragged into the woods, tied to a pole, stripped and assaulted, and Jake dismisses her trauma with 'She'll be fine'. ![]() ![]() His historic house is burned down, along with his daughter's dog, and his response is along the lines of 'Meh'. Not a colourful character who the reader loves to hate, because Grisham obviously wants everyone to love him, but a pig. What I think I forgot - or overlooked - was the high cliche count, and just how crass the writing is. Jake Brigance, Grisham's obnoxious young lawyer, is hired to defend him. Maybe I'm thinking of The Pelican Brief.Īnyway, I think everyone knows the plot - a ten year old black girl is raped by two rednecks in a small Mississippi town, and her father, despairing of ever getting justice in the courts, shoots them both dead. Although, this was Grisham's first novel (and it shows). ![]()
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