Entitled "A Time to Kill", the novel presented the story of a small Mississippi town that becomes the scene of a spectacular trial: After two white men rape his daughter, her black father named Carl Lee Hailey shoots them. ... John Grisham himself claims that he was inspired to write the novel when he witnessed a rape trial in 1984 and was shocked by the young victims testimony. 2. ... "(Stasio) However, despite this presumed irrelevance in the 21st century, the book is still banned in a number of schools and prisons across the southern United States. There are different reaso...

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