The Chamber

The Chamber, set largely in and around the Mississippi State Penitentiary, is the story of Sam Cayhall, a former Klansman who has been convicted of murder and sentenced to death by gas chamber twenty years after his bombing of a Jewish lawyer's office. Cayhall's sentence has so far been held up by legal manoevering, but with all his appeals exhausted, he has weeks to live. His grandson Adam Hall, a lawyer (whose father Eddie changed his family's ... more

Author:

Date of first publication:

  • 1994

Editions:

Publishing

Author

John Grisham

John Ray Grisham (born February 8, 1955) is an American author, best known for his popular legal thrillers. Before becoming a writer, he was a successful lawyer and politician. As of 2008, his books have sold over 250 million copies worldwide. John Grisham, the second oldest of five siblings, was...

Original language:

top ↑ top ↑

We can also tell you The Chamber is a…

If you know more about The Chamber, you can add more facts here »

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for The Chamber was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution