![]() ![]() ![]() So when Sycamore Row arrived, promising a return to Ford County and a reacquaintance with litigator Jake Brigance, the fighting-for-the-underdog template for so many a Grisham hero since, I was genuinely excited.Īnd there's a reason why I've lavished so much praise on Grisham above - and that's because I don't want anybody to think that what follows is somehow intellectual or literary snobbery about a popular writer. Grisham is best known for his legal thrillers, of course, a series launched by A Time To Kill, which despite some of the brilliant novels that have followed, remains perhaps the very best, a mesmerising tale of prejudice, violence and bravery in Ford County, Mississippi, the deepest well of the deep south. And whether the book was about tragic baseball careers ( Calico Joe), washed-up football stars landing in Italy ( Playing for Pizza) or even a middle-aged couple's ill-fated attempt to skip Christmas, the books have been sublimely readbale and I've enjoyed all of them. ![]() ![]() Aside from his YA Theodore Boone novels, I've read everything he's published. Since 1989, when John Grisham published his debut novel, A Time To Kill, this lawyer-turned-writer has been consistently brilliant. ![]()
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