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The Pelican Brief
- 400 pages · about 7 hours
- First published 1992
- 82 editions
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1 About this book
The Pelican Brief is a legal-suspense thriller by John Grisham, published in 1992 by Doubleday. It is his third novel after A Time to Kill and The Firm. Two paperback editions were published, both by Dell Publishing in 1993. A namesake film adaptation was released in 1993 starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Good for readers who want: a mystery and a thriller.
- Environmentalism
- Crimes against
- Mystery
- Thrillers
- Mystery and suspense
- Law firms
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Car bombs
2 About John Grisham
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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