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Book Review By Rebecca
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham

Darby Shaw wrote a brief that contained facts about two of the Supreme Court Justices being killed. The governement thinks she knows too much; they are out to kill her to destroy any evidence.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - very upbeat -
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller Yes
Legal Plotlets

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Profession/status:
The antagonists are: - government bureaucracy

Setting
City? Yes
City: - New York - Washington D.C. - New Orleans
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of sex
Unusual forms of death - flamed - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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