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Tag Archives: John Grisham
Camino Ghosts
In The Guardians, readers were teased with a voodoo-cursed cabin that..ended up never being visiting again, causing me to wonder why on Earth it had been included to begin with. Camino Ghosts revisits not that cabin, but the general premise … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged fantasy, Fiction 2025, Florida, John Grisham, thriller
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The Exchange
Over twenty years ago I saw a fat paperback with an interesting cover depicting a businessman caught in strings above his head. That book, The Firm, was an absorbing thriller about a young lawyer who begins working at a boutique tax … Continue reading
Sparring Partners
John Grisham is the author of scores of novels of varying quality and two collections of short stories, if memory serves. Sparring Partners is a ‘novelty’, in that it collects three novellas, ranging in time from the 1980s to the … Continue reading
The Boys from Biloxi
The Boys from Biloxi© 2022 John Grisham453 pages Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco were among the best of friends, who grew up playing ball and exploring the Gulf Coast together. Third-generation immigrants, they both admired their fathers intensely … Continue reading
Of cyclists, colonial Catholics, and crappy endings
Last weekend I stayed at the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, there to be evaluated for admission to their kidney transplant list. Much of my downtime was spent (how else) reading. How Cycling Can Save the World is a straightforward argument … Continue reading
Posted in history, Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged Africa, Catholicism, Colonial America, John Grisham, sports and outdoors
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The Judge’s List
In 2016, John Grisham introduced readers to the fictional Board of Judicial Conduct, a political organization in Florida providing oversight for Florida’s judges, fining them for showing up to work drunk or talking about current cases at Rotary Club meetings. … Continue reading
Camino Winds | Jesus the Son of Man
Amid a category 4 hurricane that levels homes and floods an entire town, a man is murdered. The police shake their heads, insisting he was merely struck by storm debris. But falling limbs don’t leave blood splatter inside a home … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged Florida, Jesus, John Grisham, Kahlil Gibran, poetry, wisdom literature
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A Time for Mercy
A Time for Mercy© 2020 John Grisham480 pages A woman lies beaten and unconscious in the kitchen; her children quiver in fear in a back room while the man they’re terrorized by lies in a drunken stupor in his bedroom. … Continue reading
Brains, cotton mills, and vanilla legal thrills
January is off to a solid reading start, largely because I’ve developed some ankle woes and my gym/hiking/cycling time has become extra reading time for three weeks running. I’m about to see an orthopedic specialist, though, so here’s hoping I … Continue reading
John Grisham: Favorites and Unfavorites
John Grisham was the first novelist whose entire bibliography I ever finished, though these days I must limit that to “adult” biblography, given his kid lawyer series. Given that there are so many, I thought it would be fun … Continue reading
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