Following a biographical chapter that focuses on Grisham's childhood in Arkansas, his education, political career, and development as a writer, Pringle examines the legal thriller, its antecedents, and Grisham's contribution to the genre. An individual chapter is devoted to analysis of each of his novels. Each chapter synopsizes the novel, discusses its reception by critics, and features sections on plot and character development, social/historical...

Discusses the life, career, and influence of the popular writer of legal thrillers.

A small-town lawyer is hired to defend an African American man who is accused of killing the white men who raped his young daughter.

In this program, Bill Moyers and John Grisham, best-selling author of The firm, The pelican brief, and The rainmaker, engage in a far-ranging conversation that offers insights into the background and beliefs that influence Grisham's work and provides an unexpected look at his views about the state of the nation. Also on the program: Katherine S. Newman, coauthor of The missing class: portraits of the near poor in America, on the state of the economy;...

Pelican brief: Two Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everyone else wants her dead. Rainmaker: Rudy is a young lawyer fresh out of college who takes the case of his life. He is the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. Rudy takes on this client in his first case...