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Zusatztext An enjoyable! heartwarming read Informationen zum Autor John Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball player. After graduating from law school at Ole Miss in 1981, he went on to practice law for nearly a decade, specialising in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. One day, Grisham overheard the harrowing testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim and was inspired to start a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl's father had murdered her assailants. Getting up at 5 a.m. every day to get in several hours of writing time before heading off to work, Grisham spent three years on A Time to Kill and finished it in 1987. His next novel, The Firm , spent 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and became the bestselling novel of 1991. Since then, he has written one novel a year, including The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker and The Runaway Jury . Today, Grisham has written a collection of stories, a work of non-fiction, three sports novels, five kids' books, and many legal thrillers. His work has been translated into 42 languages. He lives near Charlottesville, Virginia. Klappentext Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father! Warren! a pitcher for the New York Mets! clash with his childhood hero! the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle! in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973! father and son make their way to Calico Rock! Arkansas! where either redemption or rejection awaits them. ************ THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham is now a major six-part documentary series on Netflix ************ 'Hooked from start to finish' - 5 STARS 'Riveting' - 5 STARS 'A delicious meal of a book!' - 5 STARS Vorwort An unforgettable novel about childhood, family, conflict and guilt, and how a lifetime of tragedy might finally be forgiven, from worldwide bestseller John Grisham. Zusammenfassung An unforgettable novel about childhood, family, conflict and guilt, and how a lifetime of tragedy might finally be forgiven, from worldwide bestseller John Grisham....
