John Grisham “stole” a story for his latest novel.
He admits to the literary larceny, saying it’s a story he heard three decades ago as a Mississippi lawmaker, where he often drank coffee and listened. “There were some big-time storytellers there,” he said.
His new novel, “The Reckoning,” opens — just as the story he heard — with a prominent man fatally shooting another prominent man three times, driving back home and waiting for the sheriff to arrest him. And when the sheriff arrived, the man said, “I have nothing to say.”
For Grisham, the new novel, “The Reckoning,” varies from the 39 other books he has written.
“I have a lot of loyal fans. They want to be entertained with a fast read,” he said. “This is very different. That’s been the reaction.”
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