The Chamber -- John Grisham, Paperback

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - A dark and thoughtful tale... Grisham is at his best. --People

In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm: Twenty -six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant legal career. Now he is risking it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case.

Maximum Security Unit, Mississippi State Prison: Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist now facing the death penalty for a fatal bombing in 1967. He has run out of chances -- except for one: the young, liberal Chicago lawyer who just happens to be his grandson.

While the executioners prepare the gas chamber, while the protesters gather and the TV cameras wait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes to save his client. For between the two men is a chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets -- including the one secret that could save Sam Cayhall's life... or cost Adam his.

Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 01/31/2012
Pages: 688
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.50h x 4.20w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780440245940

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 29
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 28461 / Chamber

About the Author

John Grisham is the author of twenty-three novels, including, most recently, The Litigators; one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and a novel for young readers. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.