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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read gray mountain. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Gary mountain by john grisham doubleday 2014, hardcover. The firm cant afford to pay them, but they dont want to let them go. A novel pure love and a great gift for fiction readers. John grishams 2014 legal thriller, gray mountain, focuses on the life of a pauper and societys view of injustice. But after reading the book, youll believe heroic action must be taken. Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, john grisham was working 6070 hours a week at a small southaven, mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobbywriting his first novel. Join the random house readers circle for author chats and more. Oct 19, 2014 at the start of gray mountain, john grishams angry and important new novel, samantha kofer age 29, washington native, graduate of georgetown and columbia law is a thirdyear. My expectations were high having enjoyed many of grishams previous books, but i was not expecting this book to be such a. Grisham has written one of his best legal dramas in quite some time with this dive into smalltown politics. The book is set in appalachia after the great recession and follows thirdyear associate samantha kofer after the bankruptcy of lehman brothers, when she becomes a legal.
Gray mountain by john grisham knopf doubleday 384 pp. Buy gray mountain by john grisham online at alibris. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Grishams notable works included the firm, the pelican brief, the client, and the rainmaker. He didnt use an answering machine and had never been fond of the telephone. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. There are currently over 235 million john grisham books in. John grisham, american writer, attorney, and politician whose legal thrillers often topped bestseller lists and were adapted for films. The main thrust that will engage readers is samantha kofer and the cast of characters that help her discover her passion. He became one of the fastestselling writers of modern fiction. The year is 2008 and samantha kofers career at a huge wall street law firm is on the fast trackuntil the recession hits and she is downsized, furloughed, and escorted out of the building.
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