Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him.In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake beginsroutinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juroris convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymousyoung woman suggests she is able to predict the jurors' increasingly odd behavior.Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If so, by whom? And, more important,why?
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Millions of dollars are at stake in a huge tobacco-company case in Biloxi, and the jury's packed with people who have dirty little secrets. A mysterious young man takes subtle control of the jury as the defense watches helplessly, but they soon realize that he in turn is controlled by an even more mysterious young woman. Lives careen off course as they bend everyone in the case to their will.
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Grisham is either remarkably prescient or just plain lucky; because with public concerns about the tobacco companies heating up, and two major nonfiction books currently garnering a lot of attention, he has come up with a tobacco-suit novel that lights up the courtroom. In a Mississippi Gulf Coast town, the widow of a lifelong smoker who died prematurely of lung cancer is suing Big Tobacco. Enter Rankin Fitch, a dark genius of jury fixing, who has won many such trials for the tobacco companies and who foresees no special problems here. Enter also a mysterious juror, Nicholas Easter, whom Fitch's army of jury investigators and manipulators can't quite seem to track-and his equally mysterious girlfriend Marlee, who soon shows Fitch she knows even more about what's happening in the jury room than he does. The details of jury selection are fascinating and the armies of lawyerly hangers-on and overpaid consultants that surround such potentially profitable (to either side) cases are horribly convincing. The cat-and-mouse game played between Nicholas, Marlee and Fitch over the direction of the jury quickly becomes hair-raising as the stakes inch ever higher. As usual with Grisham, the writing is no more than workmanlike, the characterizations are alternatively thin and too broad, but all is redeemed by his patented combination of expertise and narrative drive. What makes The Runaway Jury his most rewarding novel to date is that it is fully enlisted in an issue of substance, in which arguments of genuine pith are hammered out and resolved in a manner that is both intellectually and emotionally satisfying. It's a thriller for people who think, and Jesse Helms won't like it one bit. First printing of 2.8 million; major ad/promo; Literary Guild main selection. (May) ~ Mystery
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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The fact that this book is an excellent allegory of the sleaze that is Big Tobacco seems to have escaped the people at FOX, who adapted the book to be the same story, but about guns. Why would the story be changed so significantly? While this book is excellent, the movie whose poster detail adorns the cover of the new edition should be viewed as a questionable, at best, use of the medium of film to divert attention from the issue of Tobacco to the issue of Gun rights. This might just be another case of a movie that shouldn't be seen to avoid spoiling the book.
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Okay, I decided to read this book before I went to see the movie today. I just finished the book up a couple days ago and, as usual, this is an excellent book from John Grisham. Now, I won't give away too much, but I love the way he chose the tobacco industry as the villian. It's both relevant and in tune with what's happening in the real world with the lawsuits against big tobacco. And the two main characters in this book are easy to relate to. Grisham makes you feel like you are a part of the story and of their lives. You really feel bad for what the tobacco industry lawyers consultant does to these people. Anyways, before I give away too much. The movie basically takes out the tobacco industry and replaces it with the gun industry. And as usual the movie takes some liberties, but is still good. I definitely suggest reading the book first to get the full scope of what really goes on.
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This is a great book! I loved it! NOW I AM SICK! SICK AND TIRED OF THE MOVIES BEING CHANGED. The book and the movie obviously are about a different topic. Hollywood has come in and changed the plot. Do the tobacco companies have that great a hold on Hollywood. Were they that afraid. I was counting the days until the movie, but now will not go. This book has a great message, but I will not read another Grisham book because he apparently has no control over how Hollywood changes and dilutes his message.
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A topic often in the news now in courts
You have to have been immersed in the news in nprime time years ago..say at 7 in the evening and whomever you
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Published 4 months ago by Anthony Marinelli
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Educational
This novel was exciting and educational at the same time, since it helped me to learn a great deal about the trials, and the jury. Read more
Published on Mar 15 2008 by Sam
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One of the best John Grisham novels!
The Runaway Jury was the first John Grisham novel I had read. I had heard a lot about John Grisham's novels and decided to pick this one up from a used bookstore for a bargain. Read more
Published on Jun 7 2007 by Ranjan Mukerjee
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Grisham's best!!!!
This book captivated my interest right from the beginning. Grisham character development is fantastic and the plot even better. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2005
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Stinking
This book is a stinking pieece of garbage. It is so disgusting I can't bear to read it anymore. John Grisham and his idiotic juries! Read more
Published on Jun 16 2004 by Melting_Pot
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The Runaway Jury
This is the first John Grisham book i have read. I liked the novel, but at times it jumped around from character to character too fast. Read more
Published on May 17 2004 by Taylor Pugh
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One of the better ones
I've read several Grisham books, some I really like and some get a little slow. I'm working my way through all of his books and this one was one of the better ones, in my opinion. Read more
Published on April 21 2004
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An entertaining story of big-time litigation. A decent read
"The Runaway Jury" is an entertaining read. The basic plot (no spoiler here) is a tobacco trial in which the plaintiff is suing a Big Tobacco firm for product... Read more
Published on April 14 2004 by Roger J. Buffington
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Don't believe all the hype
While I enjoyed the book for the most part, I was disappointed over-all. I think it was because it was so built up for me with all the hype and the movie, I had high expectations. Read more
Published on April 13 2004 by Theresa W
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Where's the real motivation?
The Runaway Jury is marked as suspense, but I didn't think there was much suspenseful about it. Nicholas Easter is selected as a juror in a tobacco trial. Read more
Published on April 13 2004 by Lynda Giddens
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