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A carregar... The Reckoning: A Novel (original 2018; edição 2018)por John Grisham (Autor)
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Different from his usual legal thrillers; interesting, but not as satisfying for me. ( ) This is not your typical Grisham book. It is not a legal thriller but rather a piece of historical fiction (with a murder and small trial thrown in). At the back of the book, he writes that he heard about a case when he was younger and he's not sure if the story is true or not but he took the premise of that case and wrote this book. This book is broken into 3 parts - The Killing, The Boneyard (the war) and The Betrayal. It focuses on Pete Banning and the rest of his family. His wife, Liza (who is in an asylum), and their kids, Joel and Stella. The Banning Family live in Clanton, Mississippi, located in Ford County (also in A Time to Kill and Sycamore Row). They own a cotton farm. The Killing - one day, Pete goes into the church and kills the Reverend Dexter Bell, leaving behind his wife and 3 young children. Right before Pete kills him, the Reverend says "Is this about Liza"? Pete turns himself in to the police and all he says is "I have nothing to say". He goes to trial but does not allow his attorneys to mount a defense on his behalf. The Boneyard - this section details Pete's involvement in the war. It begins in 1925 and continues until 1945 when he returns home. He was in the Philippines and then surrenders to the Japanese. He is involved in the march at Bataan and eventually hooks up with Filipino and American guerrillas fighting back against the Japanese. The Betrayal - this talks about the Banning family after the trial and the reason behind Liza being put into the asylum. Prior to the killing, Pete had ordered the asylum to not allow the kids in to see their mother but after the trial, the lawyers arranged it so that the kids could visit their mom. The book also focuses on the Joel and Stella's lives in college as well as Jackie Bell, the Reverend's widow, who files several lawsuits against the Banning family. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946. he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of Clanton - was 'I have nothing to say'. And so the murder of the esteemed Reverend Bell became the most mysterious and unforgettable crime Ford County had ever known. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — A carregar... GénerosSistema Decimal de Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos EUA (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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