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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Grisham thinks his new book is so important he’s giving it away for free
There are no lawyers or courtrooms in John Grishams new thriller. There is not even a single bad guy.
The protagonist is Paul, a 35-year-old suburbanite with a pretty wife, three beautiful children, and a tumor quietly swelling in his brain. One day his wife hears a loud thump in the bathroom.
She finds him on the floor, Grisham writes, shaking in a full-blown grand mal seizure.
And so begins The Tumor, one of the stranger literary digressions in recent memory. Against the wishes of his agent, editor and publisher, the author famous for (and rich from) legal thrillers, from The Firm to The Rogue Lawyer, just published a free book whose hero is a medical device called focused ultrasound.
Grisham says its the most important book of his career.
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/john-grisham-thinks-his-new-book-is-so-important-hes-giving-it-away-for-free/2016/02/22/99ed8b62-d677-11e5-b195-2e29a4e13425_story.html
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John Grisham thinks his new book is so important he’s giving it away for free (Original Post)
Contrary1
Feb 2016
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pacalo
(24,721 posts)1. I've read just about all of his novels; will get this one as well.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)2. Thanks for the link---I just downloaded it to my Kindle.
dmr
(28,349 posts)3. Would someone post the book's link. WP says I've read my monthly limit.
And won't let me read the article.
I'd appreciate if someone could post the link, please.
Thanks.
Good for Grisham.
Contrary1
(12,629 posts)4. Another link to story:
dmr
(28,349 posts)6. Thank you for both links.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)8. He's as good a human being as he is a good author. Myb all time
Favorite author.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)9. Read every book and he had DEFINITELY gone downhill
from his wonderful.
MinM
(2,650 posts)10. Grisham's cautionary tale on Citizens United
The Appeal was a book I published. It was always a novel. Its completely fiction and its completely true. It's the story of the purchasing of a Supreme Court seat in Mississippi. ~ John Grisham
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101644148
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MinM/296
Vinca
(50,300 posts)11. I just finished "The Confession," a disturbing book about the death penalty.
I won't miss this one.