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Description for The Pelican Brief
Paperback. Two Supreme Court Justices are dead. Brilliant, beautiful and ambitious, New Orleans legal student Darby Shaw little realises that her speculative brief will penetrate to the highest levels of power in Washington and cause shockwaves there - shockwaves that will see her boyfriend atomised in a bomb blast. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 226. Some age wear, but remains a good to very good copy
Two Supreme Court Justices are dead, their murders unsolved. But one woman might have found the answer. Darby Shaw is a brilliant New Orleans legal student with a sharp political mind. For her own amusement, she draws up a legal brief showing how the judges might have been murdered for political reasons, and shows it to her professor. He shows it to his friend, an FBI lawyer. Then the professor dies in a car bomb. And Darby realises that her brief, which pointed to a vast presidential conspiracy, might be right. Someone is intent on silencing Darby ... Read more
Two Supreme Court Justices are dead, their murders unsolved. But one woman might have found the answer. Darby Shaw is a brilliant New Orleans legal student with a sharp political mind. For her own amusement, she draws up a legal brief showing how the judges might have been murdered for political reasons, and shows it to her professor. He shows it to his friend, an FBI lawyer. Then the professor dies in a car bomb. And Darby realises that her brief, which pointed to a vast presidential conspiracy, might be right. Someone is intent on silencing Darby ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099993803
SKU
KHS1036680
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About John Grisham
John Grisham is the author of twenty-two novels, one work of non-fiction, a collection of short stories, and a novel for young readers. He is on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project in New York and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He ... Read more
Reviews for The Pelican Brief
"Fast and furious"
Daily Telegraph
"A rattling good story"
New York Times
"I would highly recommend it... a real page-turner."
Sunday Express
Daily Telegraph
"A rattling good story"
New York Times
"I would highly recommend it... a real page-turner."
Sunday Express