by vjbooks | Jul 8, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Here’s a look at Publisher’s Weekly fiction bestsellers as we reach the half-year. It’s become increasingly hard of late for authors to hold onto the #1 spot, but this year seems tougher still. Of the 18 authors who have nabbed that perch, only...
by vjbooks | Feb 25, 2009 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Feb. 23) William Monahan, who won an Oscar and an Edgar for his film adaptation of 2006’s The Departed, has been signed by Paramount to adapt The Associate as a star vehicle for Shia LaBeouf. Monahan’s most recent writing credit...
by vjbooks | Feb 17, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Feb. 16) A January 30 Huffington Post article noted that officials at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University were “upset that Grisham mentions the school in connection with a fictional gang rape in The Associate, which deals with a...
by vjbooks | Jan 22, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(Scotlandonsunday, Jan 11, David Leask) We should all be sick of John Grisham. We should be sick of his formulaic legal thrillers and we should be sick of the smug and suspiciously youthful-looking author’s face on their covers. We should be. But we’re...
by vjbooks | Dec 11, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
“The Associate”, John Grisham’s new legal thriller and 22nd novel, due to premiere in January 2009. (And you can get your signed copy from VJ Books!) The master of legal suspense, John Grisham was a criminal and civil lawyer in Mississippi when his first book, A...
