In 1970, Willie Traynor came to Clanton, Mississippi, in a Triumph Spitfire and a fog of vague ambitions. Within a year, the twenty-thre... read full description
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Jan 26, 2012
Traneem
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رواية ممتعة ، تشدك بتفاصيلها الجميلة ..
قرية صغيرة تحدث فيها جريمة مفزعة ، يحاول البطل يكشف غموض القضية ويحاول يعرف من المجرم ..
أعجبني فيها كفاح البطل ، شلون كون مستقبله الوظيفي من الصفر ..
حماسة الشباب اللي عنده وروح المغامرة ..
قرية صغيرة تحدث فيها جريمة مفزعة ، يحاول البطل يكشف غموض القضية ويحاول يعرف من المجرم ..
أعجبني فيها كفاح البطل ، شلون كون مستقبله الوظيفي من الصفر ..
حماسة الشباب اللي عنده وروح المغامرة ..
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Jan 16, 2012
Nenette
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One of Grisham's best I'd say. The author capitalized on what he does best, that's the legal part, then added a lot of heart to it. It combines the thrill and drama of the scenes in the courtroom with the heart and soul and lives of its many colorful characters.
The story spans a decade, the 70's, a period of transformation and awakening, especially in the deep south. It talks about taking risks, commitment, growing up. It demonstrates the power of the written word. It relates how More...
The story spans a decade, the 70's, a period of transformation and awakening, especially in the deep south. It talks about taking risks, commitment, growing up. It demonstrates the power of the written word. It relates how More...
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Dec 12, 2008
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Nov 13, 2009
Reinhold
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Vor dem Hintergrund der Geschichte um einen Vergewaltiger und Mörder erzählt Grisham die Geschichte eines jungen Mannes (Willie Traynor) der die vorm Ende stehende lokale Zeitung übernimmt und zu einem ungeahnten Erfolg führt. Dabei kommt ihm – so zynisch das auch klingen mag – die Tatsache zugute, dass eine junge Mutter vor den Augen ihrer Kinder vergewaltigt und ermordet wird. Verantwortlich dafür ist Danny Padgitt, dessen Familie das gesamte County mit ihren kriminellen Machenschaften beherrs
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Jun 27, 2008
WK
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Another great “Read” by both author and narrator From beginning to end both the author and the narrator kept me entertained. Set in a small Mississippi town, Grisham is obviously in his element. His vivid portrayal of people and places put you there in the midst of the action. Enjoying lunch with Mrs. Callie Ruffin or laughing till your side aches at the antics of the boys from the card game under seize. As always Grisham gives us a hard look at the corrupt and the inspiring living side by side.
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Jan 01, 2012
Frederick
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I listened to this on cassette.This is the story of Willie Traynor. He is a new college graduate who manages to take over ownership of a small town paper in the (mythical) town of Clanton, Mississippi. Clanton is in Ford County in northern Mississippi, the rural south. The story is set between 1970 and 1980 in the years of desegregation, the coming of Wal-Mart and the Vietnam war.Willie reports on the trial of Danny Padgitt, who committed the rape and murder of a young mother. Danny is part of a
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Mar 06, 2009
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5 March 2009
The Last Juror by John Grisham
There are many small towns across Mississippi. Clanton seems like a normal rural town and has been for many years. But when Willie Traynor came to Clanton everything began to change. Many events happened and all the towns’ people were wandering how this foreigner came to be in control of their weekly newspaper.
Clanton Mississippi is a rural town in Ford County. I More...
Doctor Baltz
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The Last Juror by John Grisham
There are many small towns across Mississippi. Clanton seems like a normal rural town and has been for many years. But when Willie Traynor came to Clanton everything began to change. Many events happened and all the towns’ people were wandering how this foreigner came to be in control of their weekly newspaper.
Clanton Mississippi is a rural town in Ford County. I More...
Jan 05, 2009
Antof9
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Everyone has an opinion on Grisham, and if you don't like him, feel free to skip my review! I read a ton of his books when I was travelling regularly for work (I'd pick one up in the airport book store and leave it when I landed on the other side), but haven't read one in a while. It was good to come back to him with this one! Yes, it was about a trial, and yes, it was in the South, but this time the narrator is the local newspaper's editor/owner. Definitely a different tack, and one I enjoyed.
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Dec 19, 2008
melydia
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This is the first Grisham book I've ever read, and it is really not a court drama, despite the implications of the title. In 1970, 23-year-old Willie Traynor moves to the small city of Clanton, Mississippi, and buys the local newspaper, which has recently gone bankrupt. Soon after this, a local woman is raped and murdered by Danny Padgitt, son of the "redneck mafia" that is the Padgitt family. The story vaguely meanders around the trial and subsequent fallout over the next several year
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Oct 14, 2011
Du
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Quedamos de vernos en el cine, desafortunadamente a mí me gusta llegar temprano, así que para cuando me dí cuenta tenía demasiado tiempo antes de que alguien se presentara. Lo mas a la mano fué el Sanborns (lo sé…).
Mi madre disfruta mucho las novelas policiacas, de abogados, de investigación. Me dice que es mucho más fácil para ella imaginarse presentes posibles que las novelas de Fantasía y CF que leo yo. Ahí encontré el último de Patricia Cornwell (espera, pero ese no es del que hablamos) More...
Mi madre disfruta mucho las novelas policiacas, de abogados, de investigación. Me dice que es mucho más fácil para ella imaginarse presentes posibles que las novelas de Fantasía y CF que leo yo. Ahí encontré el último de Patricia Cornwell (espera, pero ese no es del que hablamos) More...
May 05, 2011
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Apr 15, 2011
Yvann
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So much better than The King of Torts. This is written by a young regional newspaper editor, an outsider in a small country community – so much of the subject matter is social observation, alongside the usual riveting legal case. We touch on segregation and de-segregation, mob families, huge families, the role of an editor in a small town, insanity, the Vietnam War, the popularisation of drugs, and the difficulties of being accepted into a closed community, in 500 short pages (I whipped through
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Nov 22, 2010
Joan
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I think this was the most overrated - over written- over plotted of any Grisham I have ever read. To be fair, I didn't read it in a book. I listened to it on tape. I liked Willie Traynor, the protagonist and Narrator, who bought a small town weekly newspaper and became a 23 year old celebrity in the town. There was a murder, of course - a vionent murder. Danny Padgit, the murderer was not sentenced to death. So far so good - but the title is "The Last Juror" We expect that the
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Jul 20, 2010
Jerry
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Grisham story-telling talents on best display, with a twist!
We've sometimes complained one doesn't know what to expect from Grisham: long-winded drama ("Chamber"); gripping suspense ("Pelican Brief"); humor and whimsy ("Skipping Christmas"); or just plain yarn-spinning ("Painted House"). To us, he nearly perfectly combines all these elements in "Last Juror". Really two-thirds of the book is a charming and often funny account of More...
We've sometimes complained one doesn't know what to expect from Grisham: long-winded drama ("Chamber"); gripping suspense ("Pelican Brief"); humor and whimsy ("Skipping Christmas"); or just plain yarn-spinning ("Painted House"). To us, he nearly perfectly combines all these elements in "Last Juror". Really two-thirds of the book is a charming and often funny account of More...
Jul 16, 2010
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Dec 12, 2009
Brittany
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"Danny Padgit. It was Danny Padgit," is what Rhoda whispered to Mr. Deece the night that she was murdered. John Grisham's The Last Juror captivated me with its tale of a town, who stays under the wrath of one family.
Willie Traynor tries to build the newspaper that has so long, been dwindling in subscribers. Wilson Caudle mainly wrote obituaries when he ran it. Rhoda Kassellaw's murder changed the lives of a alot of people in Ford County. Everyone's convinced Danny Padgit mu More...
Willie Traynor tries to build the newspaper that has so long, been dwindling in subscribers. Wilson Caudle mainly wrote obituaries when he ran it. Rhoda Kassellaw's murder changed the lives of a alot of people in Ford County. Everyone's convinced Danny Padgit mu More...
Nov 30, 2009
Manda
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This book was badly named. The name, plus the blurb that talked about the retribution starting when the murderer is released, gave me to understand that only one juror was left alive, and predisposed me to think that the book was about the hunting down of that last juror. Wrong. Once I forgot those expectations I enjoyed the book, but I did find the beginning slow as I was waiting for the action, and the killing to begin.
This story is about Traynor (23) who gets a job on a small news More...
This story is about Traynor (23) who gets a job on a small news More...
Nov 22, 2009
Joe
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Legal novel from John Grisham. But wait! Maybe not quite what you were expecting!
I picked this book up because I was in the mood for an easy read, and Grisham is usually quite dependable: he'll give you a good, basic story -- maybe a little too long for how much actual meat is there, maybe slightly convoluted in its plot, but a fine book nonetheless. This book didn't disappoint, but it surprised me a little bit.
First of all, it seemed a little bit tighter than most of his More...
I picked this book up because I was in the mood for an easy read, and Grisham is usually quite dependable: he'll give you a good, basic story -- maybe a little too long for how much actual meat is there, maybe slightly convoluted in its plot, but a fine book nonetheless. This book didn't disappoint, but it surprised me a little bit.
First of all, it seemed a little bit tighter than most of his More...
Jun 18, 2009
Tony
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John Grisham- The Last Juror (Dell Publishing 2004) 3.5 Stars
Willie Traynor, a 23-year-old man with dreams and ambitions, moves to Clanton, Mississippi in 1970. He has just bought the town’s newspaper and wishes to make something of himself. A brutal rape and murder shake the town to its foundations. The guilty man just happens to be part of a rich and troublesome family who live apart from the rest of the town, stuck out on an island. Willie Traynor attends the trial and records ev More...
Willie Traynor, a 23-year-old man with dreams and ambitions, moves to Clanton, Mississippi in 1970. He has just bought the town’s newspaper and wishes to make something of himself. A brutal rape and murder shake the town to its foundations. The guilty man just happens to be part of a rich and troublesome family who live apart from the rest of the town, stuck out on an island. Willie Traynor attends the trial and records ev More...
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Apr 09, 2009
Penni
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John Grisham novels are mostly quite readable. They are fast-paced and keep your interest. Although it has been a long time since I've read one of his books, this one seemed quite different. It wandered a lot, was somewhat less fast-paced, and was really more about human relationships and much less about plot. It was a little disconcerting to keep expecting the book to be one thing (completely plot-driven and breathless) and never to see that materialize. While I thought the book was going
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Jul 29, 2011
In the real world small towns in the South – or anywhere for that matter – are not as interesting as the fictional place called Clanton, Mississippi. At first I didn’t enjoy this Grisham book as much as the others. It could be that I was simply Grishamed-out. The first third of the book was just another story about a murder trial, a jury, and the eccentric lawyers Lucien Wilbanks and Harry Rex. But then the book got better. It is told from the point of view of Willie Traynor, who comes from out
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Jan 05, 2011
Remi
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The year was 1970. That was the year that everything had gone down hill for "The Ford Times" newspaper. That was the year that they felt like black people deserved to be in the obituary column when they died. Too bad they were the only whit people who felt like that. Then that one story came.
Willie Traynor, the junior writer, finally got his big break. Rhoda Kasselaw was just a regular woman. Except for one thing. She knew this man named Danny Padgitt. He was kind of messed up i More...
Willie Traynor, the junior writer, finally got his big break. Rhoda Kasselaw was just a regular woman. Except for one thing. She knew this man named Danny Padgitt. He was kind of messed up i More...
Jun 12, 2010
Bonnie
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I am seldom disappointed by John Grisham and this book was no exception. Michael Beck's reading of it greatly added to my enjoyment. The story was really a sort of fictional memoir of the narrator Willie Traynor's career as the owner of a newspaper in the small southern town of Clanton, Mississippi in the 1970s. Many of the events of the story relate to a horrific rape/murder by a member of the Padgett clan. The Padgetts live on Padgett Island and outside the law making moonshine, growing ma
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Jul 17, 2009
Purplelynne
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I am an avid fan of John Grisham, and have read most of his books. Unfortunately I was let down by the dreadful Bleachers, which proved a big mistake for Grisham (in my eyes at least), as he moved away from a genre which had made his name, and made him a whole host of fans.
Luckily enough, The Last Juror, has gone some way into allowing him to redeem himself. It’s not the best that he has written, but is very good. However, he still fails to capture the passion and suspense which was appar More...
Luckily enough, The Last Juror, has gone some way into allowing him to redeem himself. It’s not the best that he has written, but is very good. However, he still fails to capture the passion and suspense which was appar More...
Sep 23, 2011
Marie-jo
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I usually adore Grisham. To me, he's the king of plot. But this one is a bit disappointing. The rhythm is sometimes painfully slow --even if we are in a small town here-- and the writing almost static. The fact that the book is presented as a thriller is not helping. Whoever handles the promotion of this novel, please don't try to full the reader! Grisham readers are not stupid, and this is a far cry from a thriller. The chronicles of a small town would be a better definition. Any small town. I
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Nov 06, 2011
Connie
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THE LAST JUROR by John Grisham is 8 cassettes long and approximately 12 hours in length. It was narrated by Michael Beck.
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In 1970, Willie Traynor came to Clanton, Mississippi, in a Triumph Spitfire and a fog of vague ambitions. Within a year, the twenty-three-year-old found himself the owner of Ford County's only newspaper, famous for its well-crafted obituaries. While the rest of America was in the grips of turmoil, Clanton lived on the edge of another age - More...
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In 1970, Willie Traynor came to Clanton, Mississippi, in a Triumph Spitfire and a fog of vague ambitions. Within a year, the twenty-three-year-old found himself the owner of Ford County's only newspaper, famous for its well-crafted obituaries. While the rest of America was in the grips of turmoil, Clanton lived on the edge of another age - More...
Jul 28, 2011
Athena
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I have read most of John Grisham's novels and as always he is a great writer and I, for the most part, enjoy reading his work. The Last Juror had my attention at the beginning as Willie Traynor, new to the South, buys the obsolete newspaper The Ford County Times. The mystery begins when the brutal rape and killing of Rhoda Kassellaw, a widowed mother of two, occcurs, and the suspect is a member of a notorious bootlegging rebel family, the Padgitts. I was under the impression that the story would
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Apr 02, 2010
Linda
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The year is 1970, and callow college dropout Will Traynor, with six months of journalism experience, buys the local newspaper in Clanton, Mississippi. The business is moribund until a woman is raped and murdered, handing Will the opportunity to triple its circulation overnight. What follows is the story of the trial and its aftermath ten years later, when murderer is paroled. Along the way, Will, who has morphed into “Willie”, makes some good friends and some colorful ones, learns about and find
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Feb 05, 2009
Is this latest thriller from Grisham up to snuff? Or, at least, to his usual level of, err, proficiency? Maybe yes, maybe no. Grisham revisits his old haunting ground--the Deep South of A Time to Kill--to depict the inner workings of a small, insular Southern town. He creates some good characters: an evil bootlegger family, a sleazy lawyer, an immature editor, and a tender black woman, Callie, whose relationship with Willie forms the best part of the novel. Some critics loved the legal suspense.
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Dec 09, 2008
Laurie
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n 1970, one of Mississippi''s more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper.
The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed More...
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