<P> The story takes place in the fictional town of Clanton , Mississippi in the 1980s , a period of time during which racial tension was heavily prevalent in America . This setting is also featured in other John Grisham novels . Three of the characters , Jake Brigance , Harry Rex Vonner and Lucien Wilbanks , later appear in the 2013 sequel Sycamore Row . Harry Rex Vonner and Lucien Wilbanks also appear in Grisham 's 2003 novel The Last Juror , which is set in Clanton in the 1970s . Harry Rex Vonner also appears in the 2002 Grisham novel , The Summons , and in the short story `` Fish Files , '' in the 2009 collection Ford County . A brief reference to the events depicted in the book is also contained in Grisham 's 1994 novel The Chamber . </P>
<P> The story takes place in the fictional town of Clanton , Mississippi in the 1980s , a period of time during which racial tension was heavily prevalent in America . This setting is also featured in other John Grisham novels . Three of the characters , Jake Brigance , Harry Rex Vonner and Lucien Wilbanks , later appear in the 2013 sequel Sycamore Row . Harry Rex Vonner and Lucien Wilbanks also appear in Grisham 's 2003 novel The Last Juror , which is set in Clanton in the 1970s . Harry Rex Vonner also appears in the 2002 Grisham novel , The Summons , and in the short story `` Fish Files , '' in the 2009 collection Ford County . A brief reference to the events depicted in the book is also contained in Grisham 's 1994 novel The Chamber . </P>
when does a time to kill take place
when does a time to kill take place
in the 1980s
in the 1980s