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John Grisham’s first novel, *A Painted House*, is set during the 1950s harvest in a rural Arkansas cotton‑farm community. Young Luke Chandler, the son of a tenant farmer, spends the season picking cotton alongside hired Mexican and hilltop workers. The story unfolds against a backdrop of racial tension, a clandestine love affair, and a murder that thrusts Luke into the responsibilities of adulthood before his time.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: John Grisham
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