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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.
The future of the 'Times' looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered. A member of the notorious Padgitt family was soon arrested. Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper.
The accused, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison.
But in Mississippi in 1970, life didn't necessarily mean life, and nine years later Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began.
The future of the 'Times' looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered. A member of the notorious Padgitt family was soon arrested. Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper.
The accused, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison.
But in Mississippi in 1970, life didn't necessarily mean life, and nine years later Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began.
278 pages, Paperback
First published February 3,2004
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278 pages, Paperback
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April 25, 2006 by Delta
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9780385339681
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0385339682
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English
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John Grisham is the author of fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Framed, Camino Ghosts, and A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.
Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.
When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.
John lives on a farm in central Virginia.
Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.
When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.
John lives on a farm in central Virginia.
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The synopsis and title of this are really misleading. They promise a story about a town that when its local paper changes owners to a young outsider, the paper is almost doomed till a brutal murder happens and the paper is saved. The murderer is accused and, at the final trial, he threatens the jury that he’d get each one of them. Nine years later, the retribution begins. That’s not what the story is about at all.
This has been on my shelf for almost 2 years now, nagging and intimidating me. I was really intrigued by the synopsis but kept putting it off because it was from the adults’ section and I’ve never tried that before. Alas, I braced and picked it up.
The writing was good, the characters were great, the setting was interesting, yet it dragged. It’s not because of anything in the book exactly, it’s just because IT LIED TO ME! I was ready for a gruesome murder, a furious trial, a bloody retribution. I got all these in small bursts throughout the story. Because the story wasn’t about them, it was about the town, its racial discrimination and it’s young new owner of the paper. It’s about a murder that shakes that town and intrigues the young reporter, Willie, and he takes it upon himself to investigate and uncover all its secrets. And there I sat, waiting for the story to start, furious because I was half way through and it still didn’t.
Don’t get me wrong, this was very informative about the 1960s and 1970s in the America’s south and a lot of the things that happened were interesting. It’s just that I would have never read something like that if I knew what it was actually about and I felt kind of cheated. Because I was cheated. Look at that title and that cover! That’s doesn’t represent the novel at all. This is a lie *huffs*.
This has been on my shelf for almost 2 years now, nagging and intimidating me. I was really intrigued by the synopsis but kept putting it off because it was from the adults’ section and I’ve never tried that before. Alas, I braced and picked it up.
The writing was good, the characters were great, the setting was interesting, yet it dragged. It’s not because of anything in the book exactly, it’s just because IT LIED TO ME! I was ready for a gruesome murder, a furious trial, a bloody retribution. I got all these in small bursts throughout the story. Because the story wasn’t about them, it was about the town, its racial discrimination and it’s young new owner of the paper. It’s about a murder that shakes that town and intrigues the young reporter, Willie, and he takes it upon himself to investigate and uncover all its secrets. And there I sat, waiting for the story to start, furious because I was half way through and it still didn’t.
Don’t get me wrong, this was very informative about the 1960s and 1970s in the America’s south and a lot of the things that happened were interesting. It’s just that I would have never read something like that if I knew what it was actually about and I felt kind of cheated. Because I was cheated. Look at that title and that cover! That’s doesn’t represent the novel at all. This is a lie *huffs*.
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It was a very good book despite knowing from the beginning of the killings that Hooten was the assassin.
The relationship between Miss Callie and Willie is lovely and its ending is a bit sad.
The atmosphere of the “small town, big hell” is always present in this novel as in all the ones that are based in Clanton by Grisham.
The relationship between Miss Callie and Willie is lovely and its ending is a bit sad.
The atmosphere of the “small town, big hell” is always present in this novel as in all the ones that are based in Clanton by Grisham.
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Grisham is almost always either hit or miss for me. This one was a miss. Still, it's Grisham, which makes it easy and fun to listen to while I run.
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Wow what another brutal read, a woman is found murdered and raped in her bedroom, a man is on death row for it and lots of twists at the end
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Great read!!
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Wow, "The Last Juror" is now my official favorite Grisham book. So good. A very satisfying read. It seemed much different. From the perspective of an outsider, who purchases the local newspaper, we follow the stories and life of Willie Traynor. Willie befriends the local Clayton attorney Harry Rex and follows a notorious rape and murder trial, that ends with Willie's introduction to Juror Miss Callie. "The Last Juror" provides a satisfying and heart warming story that, although centers on the trial and later fallout, takes a back seat to the friendship he develops with Miss Callie's family. A great read. Grisham's best work.
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Er wordt een moord gepleegd in Clanton, een vrouw wordt in haar huis verkracht en daarna vermoord en haar twee kleine kinderen hebben dit gezien. Ze rennen naar de buren, en de buurman ziet nog juist de vrouw naar buiten strompelen en voor ze sterft zegt ze nog: het was Danny Padgitt.
Willy Traynor heeft net de plaatselijke wekelijkse krant overgekocht, en is overal op zoek naar nieuwtjes. Deze moord is natuurlijk voorpaginanieuws.
Naarmate hij langer in het kleine plaatsje Clanton woont, krijgt Willy meer voeling met de bewoners. Het is vanuit het standpunt van de journalist dat deze zaak en vele andere dingen die gebeuren in Clanton, verteld worden in dit boek. Ik vond dit een zeer interessante aanpak.
Het is ook een spannend verhaal, zeker naar het einde toe. Ik vond dit een zeer goed boek, dat vlot las.
Willy Traynor heeft net de plaatselijke wekelijkse krant overgekocht, en is overal op zoek naar nieuwtjes. Deze moord is natuurlijk voorpaginanieuws.
Naarmate hij langer in het kleine plaatsje Clanton woont, krijgt Willy meer voeling met de bewoners. Het is vanuit het standpunt van de journalist dat deze zaak en vele andere dingen die gebeuren in Clanton, verteld worden in dit boek. Ik vond dit een zeer interessante aanpak.
Het is ook een spannend verhaal, zeker naar het einde toe. Ik vond dit een zeer goed boek, dat vlot las.
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