The Chamber

For this reading check I started reading the book, The Chamber by John Grisham. This book is about a Jewish man who's office gets bombed by klansman in Mississippi. This book is set during the 60s and 70s. One of the things that the klansman describe is the feeling of being invincible and I think that this notion of being invincible was very prominent during this time period. They sort of ruled the country, they controlled who votes, who lives where, and who eats or shops at different places. I am not very far into the book, but like the perspective that Grisham is taking. So far the main character has been the different klansman and not the victim like many other "race" novels have done. It enables the reader to et a different perspective and know both sides of the story. I think that this book definitely confronts racism in a pretty clear way. It is established on the first page. I feel like some books that I have read have jumped around the topic of racism with Grisham I do not feel this. I recommend this book for someone who likes novels from the civil rights era or likes law novels.