The Reckoning

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John Grisham s The Reckoning is the master storyteller s most powerful, surprising, and accomplished novel yet October 1946, Clanton, Mississippi Pete Banning was Clanton, Mississippi s favorite son a decorated World War II hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church Then one cool October morning he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed his pastor and friend, the Reverend Dexter Bell As if the murder weren t shocking enough, it was even baffling that Pete s only statement about it to the sheriff, to his lawyers, to the judge, to the jury, and to his family was I have nothing to say He was not afraid of death and was willing to take his motive to the grave In a major novel unlike anything he has written before, John Grisham takes us on an incredible journey, from the Jim Crow South to the jungles of the Philippines during World War II from an insane asylum filled with secrets to the Clanton courtroom where Pete s defense attorney tries desperately to save him Reminiscent of the finest tradition of Southern Gothic storytelling, The Reckoning would not be complete without Grisham s signature layers of legal suspense, and he delivers on every page. Download The Reckoning By John Grisham – kino-fada.fr has release date as October 23, 2018 description as John Grisham returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to tell the story of an unthinkable murder, the bizarre trial that follows it, and its profound and la...Somewhat of a departure for Grisham, though his recent books The Rogue Lawyer and The Rooster Bar haven t perfectly fit the mold of legal thriller which he pretty much created either This one is about a World War II hero named Pete Banning who kills the preacher Dexter Bell for reasons unkown Suspense in the novel is two fold Question one, will Pete be executed for his crime, and two, will we ever learn his motive I found the first part of the novel, which deals with question one, to be Somewhat of a departure for Grisham, though his recent books The Rogue Lawyer and The Rooster Bar haven t perfectly fit the mold of legal thriller which he pretty much created either This one is about a World War II hero named Pete Banning who kills the preacher Dexter Bell for reasons unkown Suspense in the novel is two fold Question one, will Pete be executed for his cr...I hated this book It was racist, sexist, and most damningly boring The way Grisham talked about the black characters was condescending and the way he talked about Mary Ann was both racist and sexist The reasons behind the crime were obvious and boring If Grisham wanted to write a book about the horrors of the Pacific theater during World War II he should ve just written that book, but those chapters merely served to point out the lack in substance in the rest of the book I don t have symp I hated this book It was racist, sexist, and mo...Author John Grisham never fails to tell a story well, but in this instance, I question whether the story needed to be told at all In a departure from his typical legal thriller, Grisham tells the story of Pete Banning, favorite son of Clanton Mississippi and a surviving WWII POW veteran After being declared dead, yet somehow miraculously surviving the horrors of the Bataan death march and POW Camp O Donnell, Pete Banning returns home for a joyous reunion with his family But shortly thereafter Author John Grisham never fails to tell a story well, but in this instance, I question whether the story needed to be told at all In a departure from his typical legal thriller, Grisham tells the story of Pete Banning, favorite son of Clanton Mississippi and a surviving WWII POW veteran After being declared dead, yet somehow miraculously surviving the horrors of the Bataan death march and POW Camp O Donnell, Pete Banning returns ho...Our February 2019 pick Chosen by Robin 80.

The Reckoning
  • 11 August 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 432 pages
  • 0385544154
  • John Grisham
  • The Reckoning