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John generously volunteered to write the foreword to my memoir, When Truth Is All You Have, published by Doubleday in 2020. That book recounts the forty-year history of Centurion Ministries ...
The Broker is a suspense novel written by American author John Grisham and published in the United States on January 11, 2005. The novel follows the story of Joel Backman, a newly pardoned prisoner who had tried to broker a deal to sell the world's most powerful satellite surveillance system to the highest bidder.
Grisham, the second of five children, was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Wanda (née Skidmore) and John Ray Grisham. [6] His father was a construction worker and a cotton farmer, and his mother was a homemaker. [10] When Grisham was four years old, his family settled in Southaven, Mississippi, near Memphis, Tennessee. [6]
Ford County is a collection of novellas by John Grisham.His first collection of stories, it was published by Doubleday in the United States in 2009. [1]The book contains 7 short stories or novellas: [2] "Blood Drive"; "Fetching Raymond"; "Fish Files"; "Casino"; "Michael's Room"; "Quiet Haven"; and "Funny Boy".
The book spent 47 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list and was the No. 1 novel of 1991. [5] Marilyn Stasio of The New York Times wrote that "Mr. Grisham, a criminal defense attorney, writes with such relish about the firm's devious legal practices that his novel might be taken as a how-to manual for ambitious tax-law students." [6]
The novel sold 7 million copies and the movie, which starred Tom Cruise, [4] grossed over $158 million ($333 million in 2013 dollars [5]) domestically and $111 million internationally ($270 million worldwide in 1993 dollars). [6] [7] Additionally, it was the largest grossing R-rated movie of 1993 and of any film based on a Grisham novel. [8]
Sycamore Row is a legal thriller novel by American author John Grisham published by Doubleday on October 22, 2013. [1] The novel reached the top spot in the US best-seller list. [ 2 ] It is preceded by A Time to Kill and followed by A Time for Mercy .
In a starred review, Publishers Weekly highlighted how Grisham is one of "only a few megaselling authors of popular fiction [who] deviate dramatically from formula". In line with this praise, they noted that "Grisham's fans may miss the stalwart lawyer-heroes and David vs. Goliath slant of his earlier work", given the fact that "every personage in this novel lies, cheats, steals and/or kills ...