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 In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm:

Twenty-six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant legal career. Now he is risking it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case.

Maximum Security Unit, Mississippi State Prison:

Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist now facing the death penalty for a fatal bombing in 1967. He has run out of chances -- except for one: the young, liberal Chicago lawyer who just happens to be his grandson. While the executioners prepare the gas chamber, while the protesters gather and the TV cameras wait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes to save his client. For between the two men is a chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets -- including the one secret that could save Sam Cayhall's life...or cost Adam his.

(P)1999 Random House, LLC©1994 John Grisham Crime Thrillers Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Law Fiction Crime Chicago
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This is not the crime mystery I expected. - there's no mystery nor a tale of unravelling who did it ! Yet it is deeper in emotional understanding as well as practical details and I found it fascinating.
The writing is somewhat journalistic, but once I adapted to this, I found the writing brilliant. The story is unusual, fascinating and carried me into a new world. I've heard and seen a great deal concerning this world - but this book brought it to life and burst the bubbles of bias.
I thoroughly recommend this book as different, absorbing and thoroughly entertaining

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Excellent narration good storyline really interesting look on the American justice system surrounding death row cases and the actual execution

Great story

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The story doesn't have the speed or direction of some of Grisham's thrillers. It captures the hopelessness of death row, but more importantly the hopelessness of somebody on death row with very little positive about their present or past life.

The narrator is excellent. He manages to keep a rather pedestrian story moving along.

Depressing Story. Very Good Narration

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The Chamber - Good story telling
Enjoyable book with good narration
Story takes you to death row & the inmates in it.

The Chamber - Good story telling

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I have no idea how this one slipped through my Grisham radar as a multi decade fan. I haven't seen the film nor read the book. This book takes the most unsympathetic death row killer, a neo nazi accused of the bombing murder of two five year old Jewish twins at their father's law office, and makes the reader confront their own preconceived notions of the killer and the justice system/death penalty. The book is really a terrific layered character study and as regards the actual writing I think it is Grisham's finest and I say that as a huge Grisham fan. I only have one gripe and that's the character of Andy should have been female as the book is too male slanted and it would have been good to see a different POV. I have to say the narrator was absolutely excellent - a very convincing range and great nuance.

Fantastic novel

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