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...John Grisham has shown a rare gift for creating suspense. But there's no suspense anymore about what happens when a new Grisham novel hits the bookstores. His latest, The Rainmaker (Doubleday; $25.95), has just made its debut at No. 1 on the best-seller list; its first printing of 2.8 million copies set an all-time record. When Hollywood offered a mere $6 million for the movie rights, the author temporarily withdrew his book from the market. After all, he got the same amount for his last movie sale, A Time to Kill, and the only direction Grisham...
...JOHN GRISHAM will redefine the term "celebrity lawyer" this fall, when he returns to the courtroom after a five-year hiatus for writing blockbusters like The Client and The Chamber. The author is taking on the Illinois Central Railroad on behalf of the estate of an employee who was killed while at work. He accepted the case in 1991, just after the publication of his first best seller, The Firm...
...John Grisham has to stop writing lousy novels and turning them into crap movies. Grisham flicks are guaranteed top stars. Idiots like me plunk down seven bucks thinking that this time will be different. This is the movie where John doesn't let us down, where he finally comes through with the suspense promised in the promo. But he always disappoints. Grisham gets our money and we're left empty, throwing popcorn at the screen. I refuse to think that the American people are best served by stupid pulp. John should realize he has an obligation to write above...
...JOHN GRISHAM is so successful that he can sell the film rights of his novels for millions of dollars on the basis of an outline. Recently someone purloined a copy of The Rainmaker, Grisham's manuscript in progress, and that may be bad news for his next big payday. Copies were secretly faxed to agents and studios, and one player has already rejected the book as a movie property...
...Little Rock from his hunting trip than he changed clothes and headed off again for the two-hour drive to Hope. For 15 minutes he stood alone at his mother's grave. Then he headed to a nearby hospital, where his 90-year-old great uncle, Oren ("Buddy") Grisham, was ailing and near death. The next day he flew back to Washington, his "batteries recharged" and his "roots watered...