b' In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the\nsavage depths of racial violence... as he delivers a compelling tale of\nuncertain justice in a small southern town... \nClanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two\ndrunken and remorseless young man. The mostly white town reacts with shock and\nhorror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle --\nand takes justice into his own outraged hands. \nFor ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the\nstreets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake\nBrigance struggles '