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The innocent man by john grisham is now a major sixpart documentary series on netflix what readers are saying about gray mountain the worst kind of corporate exploitation of the poor in rural areas is exposed. Grisham tells a story of a new york lawyer that ends up in appalachia as an intern to a legal aid nonprofit. Buy gray mountain by john grisham online at alibris. Not only another gripping legal thriller from the master of the form, gray mountain is also, in many ways, a very different book from any that hes written before.
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