The Chamber by John Grisham (Epub)

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There are some cases you have to take.

Adam Hill is a rookie lawyer at a top Chicago firm. The world is at his feet.

So why does he volunteer to represent a KKK terrorist under threat of execution?

And why is the defendant happy to put his life in a novice’s hands?

The answer lies twenty years in the past, but there are darker, more shocking secrets to be uncovered…

User’s Reviews

Review “A first-rate thriller” (Sunday Telegraph)”His stories are ferociously plot-driven: they will keep you awake all night” (Independent on Sunday)”Compelling… after 50 pages I could barely wait to turn the rest over… Grisham knows how to tell a story” (Sunday Times)”Totally hypnotic . . . scenes unfold and unfold and you can’t stop reading” (The Washington Post)”A dark and thoughtful tale pulsing with moral uncertainties . . . Grisham is at his best” (People) –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap 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. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ The way Grisham develops each character and the raw emotion he paints these scenes with is simply mesmerizing. I literally felt like I was in the story being escorted through each scene like my own personal tour of life on death row all the way to the final moments leading to the execution. Just an awesome book. I actually felt myself grieving for this man as I read the final few chapters, praying for a miracle just like his lawyer/grandson. This is a winner that does not disappoint….enjoy!

⭐ I’ve now read four of Grisham’s novels and I think this one is probably my least favorite. Grisham did a good job of taking us inside Death Row and into the many different ways in which the defendant’s lawyer uses every possible option to save their client. Grisham’s opinion of the death penalty is obvious in the book. The deep and dark look into the Cayhall family history of being members of KKK gives the reader a good indication as to just how brutal African Americans were treated. The topics were really good, but the book was way too long. I think Grisham could have condensed this by 100 pages easily. It took a longer for me to read this book than the other three because there seemed to be a lot of pages that weren’t necessary and weren’t interesting to the overall theme of the book. Not to give too much away about the book, but I find it really hard to believe that no one would vet all of the calls that were made to protest the execution of Sam. None of the Governor’s staff would question the validity of the calls when other data showed that the state was in favor of the death penalty? The sudden influx of hundreds of calls should have raised some sort of red flags.

⭐ Grisham isn’t a great writer. He’s a good writer in his genre, though, so I read a lot of his books. This is one of the better ones, in my opinion, because it manages to show the humanity of the deeply flawed main characters. There are no sob stories, no excuses for their criminal and unethical behavior, but they’re still human beings, so they invite us to connect with our own flaws. At the same time, it shines a light on the American prison system, not by preaching, but by showing, in minute detail, what a maximum security prison looks, sounds, feels, and smells like. And it exposes the arbitrary and capricious (and often willfully cruel) process of state-sanctioned homicide.

⭐ Never disappointed with a Grisham read. Outstanding and thought provoking novel that leaves you conflicted on the death penalty. The young lawyer representing a death row murderer is more than just a lawyer. And the inmate is more than just a murderer waiting execution. He is his grandfather. As the family history and secrets unravel and the two forge a bond, the question remains, does killing a person on death row bring true justice?

⭐ I’ve always been against the death penalty, and if anything, this book strengthened that resolve. In my opinion, it’s much worse to be imprisoned for the rest of your life, with no possibility for parole, only being able to go outside for an hour per day. That also reduces the moral ambiguity of state (or federally) sanctioned murder.As for the story, Grisham is a master, as no doubt most people are aware of by this point in time. I eagerly await each new novel he releases with anticipation.

⭐ One of my favorite Grishams. Intense and emotional. Grisham is so talented that he makes even a racist on death row more of a human being than you would expect. When confronted with his long lost grandson who just happens to be his new lawyer he slowly let’s down his guard and the two form a strong relationship. He readily admits he regrets his past and proves to be so much more than a member of a racist despicable Klan.

⭐ Grisham at his best. Never gets old. This amazing storyteller brings to life a powerful account of a Klansman convicted of murdering a Jewish attorney’s children. A complex, fascinating, heartbreaking and spellbinding cautionary tale.

⭐ This is the third of Mr. Grisham’s novels that I have read. He is an excellent writer, obviously. This book’s a gut-buster, tear -jerker, depressing yet… Sam does come through well, in the end. Real life is ugly and tedious and sad and one is rewarded by struggle and persistence and ONLY by loyalty to others…one’s loved ones. The writer portrays all that with clarity and sympathy. All major characters are flawed, but they overcome their frailties and defects and shame…

⭐ Whether you are pro death penalty or against it, you will never think exactly the same about execution after you read the chamber. I’ve wavered back and forth for many years. For a time I think the death penalty is just and more just than life in prison. Then for a time I think that no one has the right to kill another human being, not even (and perhaps especially) the state.I’m not sure I have changed my position, or that you will change yours, but I can say that once you get to know a man and his family you aren’t so quick to want him dead. Once you experience the entire process, the law enforcement, the legal maneuvering, the execution methods, you’ll surely think twice before you sentence a man to death by the Chamber. A Curious Chain of Events

⭐ What can I tell ya. JG has yet to write a book that I can put down. Almost every book gives you some kind of link to previous books. I will usually finish a book in 2 or 3 days. I feel like I’ve lived in the Southeast most of my life. And I’m a born and bred Brooklyn, N. Y.’r.

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