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The Pelican Brief (1992) (edit title/settings)

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In suburban Georgetown, a killer’s Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home.

In a seedy D.C. porno house, a patron is swiftly garroted to death.

The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student... read more

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Two Supreme Court Justices have been killed. Now a college professor, who clerked for one of the two men, who's also having an affair with one of his students, is given a brief by her, that states who probably, wanted to see these two men dead. He then gives it to one of his friends, who works... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Two Supreme Court Justices have been killed. Now a college professor, who clerked for one of the two men, who's also having an affair with one of his students, is given a brief by her, that states who probably, wanted to see these two men dead. He then gives it to one of his friends, who works for the FBI. When the FBI director reads it, he is fascinated by it. One of the preseident's men who read it, is afraid that if it ever got out, the president could be smeared. So, he adivises the president to tell the director to drop it, which he does. But later the professor and the girl were out and he was drunk and when he refused to give her the keys she stepped out of the car. When he started it, it blew up. She then discovers that her place has been burglarized and what was taken were her computer and her disks. Obviously, her brief has someone agitated. She then turns to her boyfriend's friend at the FBI, he agrees to come meet her but before he does someone shoots him and takes his place. At the meeting, he was about to kill her when someone shoots him. She then decides to turn to Gray Grantham, an investigative reporter, who was contacted by someone who says he has info on the killings but backed out at the last minute. He then meets her and tells her what her brief is, and basically, the man she suspects is a good friend of the president, who is trying to manipulate the outcome of a trial that is now before the Supreme Court. Grantham tells her that her brief can harm the president and all what they have are theories, he asks her to help him but she wants to leave the country. When Grantham's editor tells him that they have nothing that he should drop cause the man she implicated is extremely powerful. Grantham's about to drop it when she says that she will help him. But can they stay alive?

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  • government over business, the individual over government, the environment over everything.
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  • THOMAS CALLAHAN was one of Tulane’s more popular professors,
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  • THE CLIENT THE CHAMBER THE RAINMAKER THE RUNAWAY JURY THE PARTNER THE STREET LAWYER THE TESTAMENT THE BRETHREN A PAINTED HOUSE SKIPPING CHRISTMAS THE SUMMONS THE KING OF TORTS BLEACHERS THE LAST JUROR THE BROKER
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  • Barr ran the Unit, which was an unofficial, hidden, little division of the Committee to Reelect the President.
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  • “A man named Nelson Muncie.”
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  • In the dark balcony of the Montrose Theatre, Glenn Jensen sat by himself and watched the naked and quite active men on the screen below.
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  • Larry inched forward with a rope, and Barr did not hear or feel anything until it was too late. Mattiece did not want blood in his gazebo, so Larry simply broke the neck and choked him until it was over.
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  • “The brief nailed him, didn’t it?” “It’s beautiful. And if he’d played it cool, the brief would have been ignored. But he goes berserk, starts killing people, and the more he kills the more credibility the brief has.”
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  • Special Agent Eric East, only a ten-year man but a brilliant investigator.
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Washington, D. C. and New York

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First Sentence edit see section history

He seemed incapable of creating such chaos, but much of what he saw below could be blamed on him.

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This is book 119 of 194 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2010). (authoritative list)
This is book 140 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 2 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1992. (authoritative list)
This is book 98 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2010). (authoritative list)
This is book 132 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2011). (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. John Grisham (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: United States
Publication Date: February 1992
ISBN: 978-0385421980
Page Count: 436

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3557.R5355 P4 1992
  • Dewey: 813.54

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Reading Level: Young Adults

Its good for all ages. Its a good read.

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