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The Runaway Jury

John Grisham

  • 496 pages · about 8 hours
  • First published 1996
  • 82 editions
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1 About this book

The Runaway Jury is a 1996 legal thriller novel written by American author John Grisham. It was Grisham's seventh novel.

A movie adaptation of the novel starring Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, John Cusack and Rachel Weisz was released in 2003. It was the third appearance of Gene Hackman in a Grisham novel movie adaptation, after The Firm and The Chamber.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: a mystery, spy fiction, and a long read.

  • Mystery
  • Thrillers
  • Espionage
  • Trials (Murder)
  • Legal stories
  • People with disabilities
  • Billionaires
  • Americans in fiction

2 About John Grisham

Born 1955

John Ray Grisham Jr. ( GRISH-əm; born February 8, 1955) is an American writer, lawyer, and former politician, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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