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John Grisham
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Pages: 608 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0099179512
Pub: Arrow Books Ltd
Pub date: 2007-03-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15916
Editorial Review:
At first listen, the narration of this abridged version of John Grisham's The Chamber seems flat and uninvolved. But Michael Beck has chosen his vocal style well, purposely eschewing unnecessary adornment and allowing this searing indictment of racism and murder to unfold on its own terms. Beck uses character voices sparingly, adding subtle emphasis to the already charged plot. The story begins with a Klan-sponsored bombing and then traces a trail of rigged acquittals stretching over three decades, until a young lawyer with secrets of his own brings the case to a powerful conclusion. --George Laney Amazon.com
Reader Reviews:
The chamber (0/0 people found this helpful)
I thoroughly enjoyed the book good story line, glad adam and his grandfather got together even in those circumstances. very readable book the film is good too and i could not put this book down.
dull and boring forever!!!!!! (0/1 people found this helpful)
After reading the 'The Firm' by John Grisham I thought this one could be as interesting and plot driven. But it is dull and boring and took me nowhere. I was waiting to see some plot might pop up at least in the last few pages and make it interesting but to my frustration it didn't.
Not a good one from a very good author.
Disappointing (2/3 people found this helpful)
This was my fourth John Grisham book (Having previously read and thoroughly enjoyed The Firm, A Time to Kill and The Brethern) and left me feeling very disappointed. The story is interesting as an insight into the emotional turmoil that is going on in the mind of a death row convict however i was continuously waiting for something exciting to happen and it never did.
The reader is always left waiting for this young whizkid lawyer to uncover some secret evidence and cross paths with one of the shady characters who is introduced. He never does. He files a series of standard last minute appeals and thats about it. The storyline was wasted and could have been so much better.
The best Grisham novel to date (2/2 people found this helpful)
The first time I heard of John Grisham is when I saw the trailer for the "The Firm". I had just seen "A Few Good Men", and wondered to myself, OH NO not another movie where Tom Cruise plays the lawyer. To my surprise, the story was really good even if the ending was altered. I thought to myself that this author/scriptwriter must have written other books. Why not have a peek at one of them . That particular "peek" was "The Chamber", and now shortly afterwards, here I am writing this online review. The relationship between Adam and Sam is really well penned. It just shows that bad seeds don't exist, there is always a time for redemption be it intra or inter generation. Pity that the film wasn't that good.
Klu Kluck Cracker! (1/4 people found this helpful)
The Chamber is set around the killings, and subsequent conviction, commented by a member of the Klu Kluck Klan in the sixties. The defendant is represented by his grandson, whom he has never met before. His lawyer faces the unenviable task of getting him off a death sentence.
This book is full of laughs and encapsulating, and utter enjoyable book to read, if you have the patience to read it cover to cover. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good read.
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