The Chamber

<p>In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm:<br> <br> Twenty-six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink&nbsp;&nbsp;of a brilliant legal career. Now he is risking it&nbsp;&nbsp;all for a death-row killer and an impossible case.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> <br> Maximum Security Unit, Mississippi State&nbsp;&nbsp;Prison:<br> <br> Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman&nbsp;&nbsp;and unrepentant racist now facing the death penalty&nbsp;&nbsp;for a fatal bombing in 1967. He has run out of&nbsp;&nbsp;chances -- except for one: the young, liberal Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;lawyer who just happens to be his grandson. While&nbsp;&nbsp;the executioners prepare the gas chamber, while&nbsp;&nbsp;the protesters gather and the TV&nbsp;&nbsp;cameras wait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes&nbsp;&nbsp;to save his client. For between the two men is a&nbsp;&nbsp;chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets --&nbsp;&nbsp;including the one secret that could save Sam Cayhall's&nbsp;&nbsp;life...or cost Adam his.<br> <br> "A dark and&nbsp;&nbsp;thoughtful tale pulsing wit moral uncertainties...&nbsp;&nbsp;Grisham is at his best."&nbsp;&nbsp;--<i>People</i>.<br> <br> "Compelling... Powerful...&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>The Chamber</i> will make readers think&nbsp;&nbsp;long and hard about the death penalty." --&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>USA Today</i>.<br> <br> "His best&nbsp;&nbsp;yet." -- <i>The Houston Post</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> <br> "Mesmerizing... with an authority and&nbsp;&nbsp;originality... and with a grasp of literary&nbsp;&nbsp;complexity that makes Scott Turow's novels pale by&nbsp;&nbsp;comparison -- Grisham returns." -- <i>San&nbsp;&nbsp;Francisco Chronicle</i>.</p> <p>The author of the number-one bestsellers The Firm, The Pelican Brief and The Client has written another spellbinding tale of legal intrigue sure to hit bestseller lists this summer. Twenty-two years after the bombing deaths of a civil rights activist's two sons, the Klansman on death row for their murders is mysteriously aided in his last appeal by a young lawyer in a major firm. But why? </p>

Author(s): John Grisham  

ISBN 10: 0582364116
ISBN 13: 9780582364110
Pages: 105
Format: Paperback
Publication: 1999/08/25
Edition: 1