A TIME TO KILL

JOHN GRISHAM Translated Into Marathi By BAL BHAGWAT

নৱে ২০২০ · MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE

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क्लॅन्टन, मिसिसिपी, दोन दारूड्या आणि अत्यंत वाईट प्रवृत्तीच्या माणसांमुळे दहा वर्षांच्या एका छोट्या मुलीचे आयुष्य पार उद्ध्वस्त होते. गोरे लोक बहुसंख्येने असणाNया शहरातल्या लोकांना या भयानक घटनेमुळे मोठाच धक्का बसतो.

मग त्या मुलीचा कृष्णवर्णीय पिता अ‍ॅसॉल्ट रायफल मिळवतो आणि त्या पाशवी गुन्हेगारांना ठार मारतो.

पण हे मिसिसिपी राज्य असते. घृणास्पद अत्याचार करणारे गोरे लोक कितीही नादान असले तरी एका काळ्या माणसाने त्यांचा खून करणे तिथे मान्य होत नाही.

पुढले दहा दिवस कु क्लस क्लान, जळते व्रूâस, खून, धाकदपटशा, स्नायपर रायफल्स या गोष्टी क्लॅन्टनच्या रस्त्यांवर जबरदस्त दहशत निर्माण करतात.

स्वत:च्या अशिलाचा जीव वाचवण्याच्या प्रयत्नात असलेला बचाव पक्षाचा तरुण अ‍ॅटर्नी ब्रिगॅन्स याला स्वत:चा आणि कुटुंबाचा जीव वाचवायचीही धडपड करायला लागते.

A Time To Kill is available in paperback. The book has 672 pages. The language of the book is English, and the author of the book is John Grisham.

A ten-year old African American girl is brutally raped and beaten by two white racist drunken men. Inspite of committing such a heinous crime, the perpetrators remain unrepentant. This horrendous act unleashes mayhem in the town of Clayton, Mississippi where the story is set.

Carl Lee, the father of the wronged girl, is driven into a mad rage and decides to take the law in his hands in order to bring justice to his daughter. Armed with an assault rifle, he sets out to avenge the gruesome crime committed on his daughter and kills the culprits. He is arrested and is to be tried for capital murder.

This is a moving tale about a young defence lawyer, Jake Brigance, who decides to defend the black Vietnam war hero. The people of the town are divided in their opinion about the crime committed by Carl. The book takes you through a journey of the lawyer’s struggle to save his client. Also at stake is the young attorney’s life. The novel was published in the year 1992 by RHUK.

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John Grisham is the author of A Time To Kill. It was the first novel written by him. He was born in Jonesboro Arkansas, and worked in a legal firm before he went onto become a full time author. John Grisham is a well known author of modern legal thrillers. The book Time To Kill was also adapted into a movie in 1996. He has churned out international bestseller novels year after year. Some of them are The Partner, The Rainmaker, The Client, The Summons, The Runaway Jury, The Street Lawyer, The Testament, The Brethren, A Painted House etc. Nine of his novels have been made into films.