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The Runaway Jury

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The Runaway Jury

by John Grisham

Random House Publishing Group | April 25, 2006 | Trade Paperback

Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs  to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco  trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at  stake beginsroutinely, then swerves mysteriously off  course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at  least one juroris convinced he''s being watched. Soon  they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an  anonymousyoung woman suggests she is able to predict  the jurors'' increasingly odd behavior. Is the jury  somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If  so, by whom? And, more important,why?

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    Rating: 2/5

    Runaway Jury?...I wanted to run away too!

    Montreal Reader

    2 years ago

    This was my first John Grisham novel, so i wasn't sure what to expect and so i kept an open mind. However, i soon found out that this book was boring. The characters weren't developed, there was too many courtroom details, and some of the plot was just a bit unbelievable. The only thing that kept me going until the end was to see Fitch's reacation to the verdict.
    Throughout the book the lawyers would state that they wanted things to move along in the court house because the jurors were getting bored - well maybe JG should have cut out at least 100 pages for the readers! If imaginary characters were getting bored, imagine the live reader!
    Borrow this book from the library if determined to read it. That way there's no money lost - just some time :)

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    Rating: 3/5

    Educational

    Samia

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    4 years ago

    This novel was exciting and educational at the same time, since it helped me to learn a great deal about the trials, and the jury. This novel is about cigarette companies beings put on trial, and a person trying to poison the jury's decision, by eliminating the smart jurors one by one.

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    Anonymous

    Rating: 5/5

    Great!!

    Anonymous

    6 years ago

    All of John Grisham's books are great, but this one is my favortie. The story was put together perfectly and you can't put it down because you have to find out what happens next. The characters all all orginal and exciting to learn about, and the unexpected events in the book made it even better to read. It's a great novel!

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    Elizabeth Cooper

    Rating: 2/5

    Not Mr. Grisham's best work.

    Elizabeth Cooper

    12 years ago

    The plot was slow moving and thoroughly uninteresting. The characters were not well developed. Although the author tried to give us insight into each and every juror's psyche, I couldn't tell what made them tick. I also found it hard to keep track of these people: 12 jurors, 3 extras, countless lawyers on each side, and even more outside parties working undercover for the lawyers.

    The best aspect of this novel was the thorough and elaborate description of the effects of smoking and the tobacco companies themselves.

    The book was a fast read, but certainly not a page-turner.

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Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs  to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco  trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at  stake beginsroutinely, then swerves mysteriously off  course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at  least one juroris convinced he''s being watched. Soon  they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an  anonymousyoung woman suggests she is able to predict  the jurors'' increasingly odd behavior. Is the jury  somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If  so, by whom? And, more important,why?

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Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake beginsroutinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juroris convinced he''s being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymousyoung woman suggests she is able to predict the jurors'' increasingly odd behavior. Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If so, by whom? And, more important, why?

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About the Author

Born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, John Grisham dreamed of being a professional baseball player. Realizing he didn''t have the right stuff, he shifted gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University. He practiced law for nearly a decade in Southaven and served in the state House of Representatives until 1990. Inspired by the actual testimony in a rape case, Grisham got up at 5 a.m. every day to get in several hours of writing time before heading off to work. He spent three years on A Time to Kill; it was eventually bought by Wynwood press, who gave it a modest 5,000 copy printing and published it in June 1988. The day after Grisham completed A Time to Kill, he began work on another novel, the story of a hotshot young attorney lured to an apparently perfect law firm that was not what it appeared. Spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, The Firm became the bestselling novel of 1991. Grisham lives with his wife and their two children. The family splits their time between their Victorian home on a farm in Mississippi and a plantation near Charlottesville, VA. When he''s not writing, Grisham devotes time to charitable causes. He also keeps up with his greatest passion: baseball. The man who dreamed of being a professional baseball player now serves as the local Little League commissioner. The six ballfields he built on his property have played host to over 350 kids on 26 Little League teams.

Trade Paperback

464 Pages, 5.25 x 7.95 x 1 in

April 25, 2006

Random House Publishing Group

English


0385339690
9780385339698

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"Marvelous!" --News-Tribune (Phoenix, Ariz.)
"Gripping." --The Seattle Times
"Marvelously Clever." --USA Today
"Entertainingly unpredictable!" --The New York Times
"Fascinating. . .high--powered narration." --Chicago Tribune
"His most rewarding novel to date." --Publishers Weekly
"A real page--turner!" --The Houston Chronicle
"Deserves to be a runaway success." --The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
"Ingeniously narrated." --Entertainment Weekly

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