The Chamber

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In the corridors of Chicago s top law firm Twenty six year old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant legal career Now he is risking it all for a death row killer and an impossible case.Maximum Security Unit, Mississippi State Prison Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist now facing the death penalty for a fatal bombing in 1967 He has run out of chances except for one the young, liberal Chicago lawyer who just happens to be his grandson.While the executioners prepare the gas chamber, while the protesters gather and the TV cameras wait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes to save his client For between the two men is a chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets including the one secret that could save Sam Cayhall s life or cost Adam his From the Hardcover edition. Free Read eBook The Chamber Author John Grisham – kino-fada.fr I started reading this book in December Why did it took me so long to finish it Because of the topic death row, KKK, racism plus I saw the movie before reading it I am strongly against death row and I can t believe something so inhumane can be legal These things are so horrible and painful to read and because of that I ve read it only a couple of times a month It made me feel so sad every time I read it It s a great book, amazing writing, but really sad You can t read it with a dry eye I started reading this book in December Why did it took me so long to finish it Because of the topic ...I thought this was one of the most impacting novels I have read for a long time Grisham thoroughly explores the implications of the death penalty and creates a well rounded and complex character in Sam Cayhall You come to hate him and pity him, asking yourself whether he really deserves ...The Chamber, John GrishamThe Chamber 1994 is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham It is Grisham s fifth novel In 1967, in Greenville, Mississippi, the office of Jewish lawyer Marvin Kramer is bombed, injuring Kramer and killing his two young sons Sam Cayhall, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, is identified, arrested and tried for their murders, committed in retaliation for Kramer s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement Sam s first two trials, engineered by his Klan conne The Chamber, John GrishamThe C...Look at me, he said, glancingdown at his legs A wretched old man in a red monkey suit A convicted murderer aboutto be gassed like an animal And look at you A fine young man with a beautifuleducation and a bright future Where in the wor...Grisham uses fiction to make a compelling case for the abolition of the death penalty.I wouldn t describe this as a thriller, or even a drama, the pace is painfully slow Sam is languishing on death row having been involved with the KKK in his younger years He is now an old man preparing for death in the gas chamber Adam is his lawyer grandson with a fascination for the case and a familial bond which he doesn t quite understand Managing to get assigned to Sam s case, he throws everything into Grisham uses fiction to make a compelling case for the abolition of the death penalty.I wouldn t describe this as a thriller, or even a drama, the pace is painfully slow Sam is languishing on death row having been involved with the KKK in his younger years He is now an old man preparing for death in the gas chamber Adam is his lawyer grandson with a fascination for the case and a familial bond which he doesn t quite understand Managing to get assigned to Sam s case, he throws everything into the investigation Will it be enough, though, to prevent the execution This book is heavily biased against capital punishment especially using gas chambers Grisham develops the characters so effectively that an emotion...Just finished rereading this amazing book This isn t one of Grisham spopular stories however this book was a life transforming experience for me Two issues this book forced me to deal with on my first reading in 1994 1 How can people any people, Cluckers KKK , the Taliban, street gangs,Fred Phelps and congregation, boy soldiers of Sierra Leone, contract killers, even bullies, et al be so cruel and mean and hateful Where is compassion How did they miss that piece of life How c Just finished rereading this amazing book This isn t one of Grisham spopular stories however this book was a life transforming experience for me Two issues this book forced me to deal with on my first reading in 1994 1 How can people any people, Cluckers KKK , the Taliban, street gangs,Fred Phelps and congregation, boy soldiers of Sierra Leone, contract killers, even bullies, et al be so cruel and mean and hateful Where is compassion How did they miss that piece of life How could even members of my own family be so racist a...Typically I am a Sci fi Fantasy reader, with a smattering of historical fiction thrown in Really I ll read just about anything, but I have weakness for fairy tales So when my dad recommended this book to me, and went as far as to buy it and give it to me, I was like okay But I decided to give it a chance because it s a book, and I like books.And my response was Wow I have read very few things as heart stirring and thought provoking as this book Who could like a KKK member Murdering p Typically I am a Sci fi ...I have strong feelings and opinions related to this book that delves deeper into the issue of an eye for an eye as it relates to the judicial systems of the day A great side story about a member of the KKK after the civil war during the segragation conflict Being from a rural southern area, riding around as a child with a father who always kept a nigger knocker under the seat, and having family that still refuses to grasp the concept of nonjudgmental equality, I really thought this book sh I have strong feel...4.5 stars How could Adam ever reconcile the past with the present How could he fairly judge these people and their horrible deed when, but for a quirk of fate, he would have been right there in the middle of them had he been born forty years earlier If Sam was lynching at such an early age, what could be expected of him as an adult How in God s world could Sam Cayhall have become anything other than himself He never had a chance. This is my first John Grisham novel, purchased for a dolla 4.5 stars How could Adam ever reconcile the past with the present How could he fairly judge these people and their horrible deed when, but for a quirk of fate, he would have been right there in the middle of them had he been born forty years earlier If Sam was lynching at such an early age, what could be expected of him as an adult How in God s world could Sam Cayhall have become anything other than himself He never had a chance. This is my first John Grisham novel, purchased for a dollar at a local consignment shop It s the story of a young attorney who decides he wants to represent a grandfather he only recently learned he had and who is on death row for his part in a KKK killing decades earlier view spo...A well written book on the the subject of capital punishment Can you avenge a murder with the death of the murderer, and that too after lapse of many years is the question that was subtly raised throughout the book From a legal point of view the book had merit as the story unfolds the defects of the methods that used to carry out execution thus showing a cruel side of the justice system...

The Chamber
  • English
  • 04 November 2018
  • Paperback
  • 544 pages
  • 0385339666
  • John Grisham
  • The Chamber