A little about the law -- a lot about the characters. That's how I would describe The Last Juror by John Grisham.
Of course there is a trip to the courtroom, albeit a short one. Willie Traynor is a young man with his sights set on making a comfortable life as an owner of a small-town newspaper. Shortly after he takes over the paper, there is a murder for which his paper is a sounding board for gossip and (all but) accusation. But the murder, and subsequently the trial are secondary in this novel to the different characters that emerge from this small Mississippi town.
My purveyor of Grisham novels (my father-in-law Bud) said that in his opinion, this is one of the author's best. And I can't disagree that it is a good tale -- BUT, when I pick up one of Grisham's books, I expect to read about courtroom drama and wise-or-weasel lawyers finding loops in the law to drive their clients through. The Last Juror had none of this.
Kevin says: One read and back on the shelf
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (February 3, 2004)
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