![]() ![]() A passage in The Chamber reveals that the events of A Time to Kill took place in 1984. This setting is also featured in other John Grisham novels. The story takes place in the fictional town of Clanton, in the equally fictional Ford County, Mississippi. The novel spawned two sequels currently, Sycamore Row, released in 2013, and A Time for Mercy, released in 2020. in May 2011 and opened on Broadway in October 2013. The stage production opened at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. In 2011, it was further adapted into a namesake stage play by Rupert Holmes. In 1996, the novel was adapted into a namesake film, starring Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, and Samuel L. Doubleday eventually took over the contract for A Time to Kill and released a special hardcover edition. Dell published the mass market paperback months after the success of The Firm, bringing Grisham to widespread popularity among readers. When Doubleday published The Firm, Wynwood released a trade paperback of A Time to Kill, which became a bestseller. The novel was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a 5,000-copy printing. ![]() A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal thriller and debut novel by American author John Grisham. ![]()
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