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...assayed a fictionalized memoir about his childhood (A Painted House). Since then, he has written an inspirational holiday novel (Skipping Christmas), a football novel (Bleachers) and a spy thriller (The Broker). He even wrote and produced a movie, the Little League-- themed Mickey (sharp-eyed viewers will spot Grisham as the league commissioner). Now the writer who defines American escapism has strayed even further from the Theme. He has written his first book of nonfiction--a gritty, harrowing true-crime story, The Innocent Man (Doubleday; 360 pages...
...system, proving that Dobbs ran well, but not victoriously. Next thing you know, she?s on the run from her bosses, who will stop at nothing to silence her, and into Dobbs?s arms. At which point a promising political comedy turns into a somewhat less engaging political thriller. Delacroy?s evil chief counsel (Jeff Goldblum) will stop at nothin - including murder - to prevent her from destroying their business...
...other disappointment lies with Levinson. He is, after all, the auteur of the wonderfully savage Wag the Dog, which much more successfully combined the thriller style with outrageously funny political satire. It?s OK for him to be angry with the machinations of corporate America, to suspect that it will stop at nothing to protect its interests. But there is something routine about his paranoia here, something that belongs in a different film. He has a great topic in Man of the Year - a smart and unlikely Everyman , an outsider used to speaking truth to power, who now has power...
...Narnia”) vague, romanticized hopes when, fresh out of medical school, he sets off for Uganda in “The Last King of Scotland.” But Garrigan painfully learns that idealism is not so simple, not to mention potentially dangerous, in this grittily realistic thriller based on the actual political climate of 1970s Uganda. Garrigan finds himself as the personal doctor to dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker) and is forced to find a new understanding of “making a difference.” When Garrigan meets Amin, Amin is the glowing leader...
Patricia Cornwell published a disappointing novella, “At Risk,” that centered on caricatures instead of forensic investigations into gruesome murders. James Patterson, who seems to let Andrew Gross handle the writing duties these days, issued another generic thriller, “Judge & Jury.” Patterson, following in Tom Clancy’s footsteps, threatens to become the Franklin W. Dixon or Gertrude Chandler Warner of this generation. A spate of chick-lit also hit the market and fizzled, lacking creativity or, at the bare minimum, controversy...