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Loading... The Runaway Jury (original 1996; edition 1997)by John Grisham
Work InformationThe Runaway Jury by John Grisham (1996)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. When I first read this story, the book had been out only a couple years. I enjoyed it very much at that time. On this latest re-read (2024), I had forgotten most of the plot so the narrative felt fresh. However, the prolonged shenanigans by the defense consultants and the repetitious details involving the jury-tampering made the story drag and derailed building the suspense. It's still a pretty good story, and the final reveal with Fitch and 'Marlee' a great ending. Grisham is a generally excellent author so fans are sure to enjoy the tale, despite the draggy courtroom testimony. Moral issues related to big tobacco companies are a hot topic in this novel and real life. The arguments—on both sides—made in this fictitious courtroom battle are thought-provoking, especially if you are a smoker. But then, The Runaway Jury is just a novel. Right? It's a crazy story of big-money purchasing votes, biased jurors, and corrupt lawyers. I found the story riveting and well-written, the characters fascinating, and the plot twists entertaining and suspenseful. A legal thriller novel written by John Grisham. It tells the story of a high-stakes trial involving a major tobacco company and the manipulation of a jury to influence the verdict in a product liability lawsuit. The plot centers around a lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died from lung cancer after smoking cigarettes manufactured by a fictional tobacco company called Pynex. A secretive and influential consultant named Rankin Fitch is hired by the tobacco company to manipulate the jury selection in their favor. However, things take an unexpected turn when a mysterious and unpredictable juror named Nicholas Easter makes it onto the jury. It turns out that Easter and his girlfriend, Marlee, have their own hidden agenda. They are playing both sides, secretly manipulating the outcome of the trial to their advantage. "The Runaway Jury" explores themes of jury manipulation, the power of big corporations, and the ethics of the legal system. It's hard to imagine a judge allowing any juror to take over his personal domain.
From Publishers Weekly 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. Is contained inHas the adaptationIs abridged inHas as a teacher's guideAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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Was also made into a movie in 2003 staring John Cusack, Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman, among others. ( )