Sycamore Row by John Grisham had made the December Shortlist. Find out why below...
In this novel Grisham returns to his first novel 'A time to kill' and picks up 3 years later. The launch has been hailed as an 'event' in the US as the first part of the story is such a popular classic. A great novel in its own right but even more interesting given the current trend for authors revisiting earlier ...works - King's 'Dr Sleep' is another recent example.
Sycamore Row bristles with all the old authority....It's good to see the troubled attorney back (Independent 2013-11-05)
As with earlier books by Grisham, what we are given here is the purest of unvarnished storytelling. Grisham has no truck with any studied elegance of style; he is more in touch with the strategies played out in the books of such predecessors as Erle Stanley Gardner and his dogged attorney, Perry Mason. But he knows that modern readers require a conflicted, multifaceted hero, and that he provides in Jake Brigance. It's good to see the troubled attorney back. (The Independent)
A solid courtroom thriller with plenty to say about the long half-life of prejudice in the deep south... The much-trailed conclusion is powerful. (Guardian 2013-11-02)
In this novel Grisham returns to his first novel 'A time to kill' and picks up 3 years later. The launch has been hailed as an 'event' in the US as the first part of the story is such a popular classic. A great novel in its own right but even more interesting given the current trend for authors revisiting earlier ...works - King's 'Dr Sleep' is another recent example.
Sycamore Row bristles with all the old authority....It's good to see the troubled attorney back (Independent 2013-11-05)
As with earlier books by Grisham, what we are given here is the purest of unvarnished storytelling. Grisham has no truck with any studied elegance of style; he is more in touch with the strategies played out in the books of such predecessors as Erle Stanley Gardner and his dogged attorney, Perry Mason. But he knows that modern readers require a conflicted, multifaceted hero, and that he provides in Jake Brigance. It's good to see the troubled attorney back. (The Independent)
A solid courtroom thriller with plenty to say about the long half-life of prejudice in the deep south... The much-trailed conclusion is powerful. (Guardian 2013-11-02)
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