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The Pelican Brief

John Grisham
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thriller legal thriller past tense third limited POV ~457 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense paranoid gritty

A thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count114,213
Page count~457 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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