For the film based on this novel, see The Pelican Brief (film).
The Pelican Brief
First edition cover
Author
John Grisham
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Legal thriller novel
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication date
1992
Media type
Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages
387 pages (mass
market paperback)
ISBN
0-385-42198-2
OCLC
25990887
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 20
LC Class
PS3557.R5355 P4 1992
The Pelican Brief is a legal-suspense thriller by John Grisham, published in 1992 by Doubleday.[1] It is his third novel after A Time to Kill and The Firm. Two paperback editions were published, both by Dell Publishing in 1993. A namesake film adaptation was released in 1993 starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington.
^Prial, Frank J. (March 15, 1992). "Too Liberal to Live (Published 1992)". The New York Times.
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