- EAN13
- 9781538765050
- Éditeur
- Grand Central Publishing
- Date de publication
- 16/04/2024
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
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Aide EAN13 : 9781538765050
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Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged
murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair
system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in
this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.
Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done
anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome
Washington, a Black man charged with brutally killing an elderly and wealthy
white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not
be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both
him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he
realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder
trial.
Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to
furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to
Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a
legal battle against the best prosecutor in the Commonwealth. Yet DuBose is
also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories
achieved by the Civil Rights era.
Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can
stop the prosecution's deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the
electric chair. But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible:
a chance for a fair trial and true justice.
Over a decade in the writing, A Calamity of Souls breathes richly imagined and
detailed life into a bygone era, taking the reader through a world that will
seem both foreign and familiar.
murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair
system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in
this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.
Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done
anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome
Washington, a Black man charged with brutally killing an elderly and wealthy
white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not
be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both
him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he
realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder
trial.
Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to
furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to
Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a
legal battle against the best prosecutor in the Commonwealth. Yet DuBose is
also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories
achieved by the Civil Rights era.
Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can
stop the prosecution's deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the
electric chair. But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible:
a chance for a fair trial and true justice.
Over a decade in the writing, A Calamity of Souls breathes richly imagined and
detailed life into a bygone era, taking the reader through a world that will
seem both foreign and familiar.
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