The book focuses on Post's investigation into the wrongful conviction of a black man named Quincy Miller who was set up to take the fall for the murder of a white lawyer in a small Florida town some 22 years before the opening of this story.

October 15, 2019The Guardians / Originally published

As Grisham told "CBS This Morning," it's based on real-life lawyers who have spent their careers freeing the innocent and is dedicated to one man in particular: James McCloskey.

The author entitled the book The Guardians, which is a nod to the fictional organization Guardian Ministries.

The primary theme of The Guardians is the corrupt nature of the criminal justice system. The text unveils corruption at every level of the system. It's seen in Duke Russell's case, when DA Chad Falwright hopes to leverage his relationship with Judge Raney to prevent DNA testing of the pubic hairs in the evidence file.

The best John Grisham book to start with is The Firm, this is Grisham's most popular novel, and it's the one that made him a household name. This novel tells the story of a young attorney who gets an offer from a prestigious law firm in Memphis.

Chapter 1 Summary In the book's opening scene, Post is sitting with Russell in “the Death Room” (3) while they wait to learn if the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals will issue a stay, keeping Duke alive. Duke is already eating his last meal when Post gets the phone call informing him that a stay has been issued.

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Cleveland, Ohio The Cleveland Guardians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since 1994, they have played in Progressive Field.

With The Guardians, John Grisham is back in top form with his latest legal thriller. Based on the true story of James McCloskey, founder of Centurion Ministries, The Guardians is thinly disguised as fiction.

The Guardians have won six AL pennants and two World Series titles, the first in 1920 and the second in 1948. The team began as a minor league club based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and moved to Cleveland in 1900. The team was elevated to major league status in 1901 and was called the Cleveland Bluebirds, or Blues.

The moral values of the film are responsibility, honesty, love and affection, strong believe, enthusiasm, Bravery, Goodhearted, loyalty, peace loving, perseverance, sacrificing for other, sincerity and self-confidence.

The Firm. The Firm is Grisham's second novel, and first of his works to become a bestseller. It inspired a movie adaptation starring Tom Cruise and is probably his best-known book.