# The Pelican Brief - Paperback

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by **John Grisham** (Author)

**#1 _NEW YORK TIMES_ BESTSELLER - The classic legal thriller that inspired the blockbuster film starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington**  
  
**"There is a propulsiveness to \[Grisham's\] narrative that keeps the pages turning briskly."--_People_**  
  
In suburban Georgetown, a killer's Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home. In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death. The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans a young law student prepares a legal brief. . . .

To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder--a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust--an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate--to help her piece together the deadly puzzle.

Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For someone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime.

### Author Biography

**John Grisham** is the author of numerous #1 bestsellers, including _The Firm, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Innocent Man, The Whistler, The Boys from Biloxi,_ and many more. His books have been translated into nearly fifty languages. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system. He lives on a farm in central Virginia.

**Number of Pages:** 400

**Dimensions:** 0.87 x 8 x 5.3 IN

**Publication Date:** April 25, 2006

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Pelican Brief

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 4.7

**Point Value:** 16

## Details

- **Price:** 25.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Legal, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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