From Our Editors
They're at the centre of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane - 12
men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and
harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at
nothing to secure a verdict. In The Runaway
Jury, they must make a decision in the most explosive
civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting lawsuit against a
giant tobacco company. But only a handful of people know the truth
- that this jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him.
John Grisham is the best-selling author of The
Firm.
From the Publisher
He has waited for this moment.
He has planned his every move.
He has made it onto the jury in the most explosive trial of the
century.
Now the verdict belongs to him. . . .
They are at the center of a multimillion dollar legal hurricane:
twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched,
manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants
who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now that the jury
must make a decision in the most explosive trial of the century, a
precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only
a handful of people know the truth: that this jury has a leader,
and the verdict belongs to him...
He is known only as Juror #2. But he has a name, a past, and he has
planned his every move with the help of a beautiful woman on the
outside. Now, while a corporate empire hands in the balance, while
a grieving family waits, and while lawyers are plunged into a
battle for their careers, the truth about Juror #2 is about to
explode, in a cross fire of greed and corruption--and with justice
fighting for its life...
From the Jacket
"He has waited for this moment.
"He has planned his every move.
"He has made it onto the jury in the most explosive trial of the
century.
"Now the verdict belongs to him. . . .
They are at the center of a multimillion dollar legal hurricane:
twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched,
manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants
who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now that the jury
must make a decision in the most explosive trial of the century, a
precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only
a handful of people know the truth: that this jury has a leader,
and the verdict belongs to him...
He is known only as Juror #2. But he has a name, a past, and he has
planned his every move with the help of a beautiful woman on the
outside. Now, while a corporate empire hands in the balance, while
a grieving family waits, and while lawyers are plunged into a
battle for their careers, the truth about Juror #2 is about to
explode, in a cross fire of greed and corruption--and with justice
fighting for its life...
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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Mass Market Paperbound
560 Pages, 4.18 x 6.9 x 1.17 IN
December 17, 1998
Random House Publishing Group
English
0440221471
9780440221470