Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts from Princeton University’s main library, a bookish thief and a struggling young novelist. “Camino Island” is an entertaining departure from his legal thrillers. If a living thriller writer whose books circulate in the rare-book world is an anomaly, a thriller writer of a rare book writing a thriller about the black market in rare books is an act of total cognitive publishing dissonance.īut that’s what Grisham has done with his new novel - his 30th. “If you read the book, the spine would just break,” said Lemuria owner John Evans, whose copy, in so-so condition, is marked at $3,000. But in the rare-edition room at Lemuria Books in Jackson, Miss., there’s Grisham’s first novel, “A Time to Kill,” written when he was still working as a small-town lawyer. That might sound puzzling, given that Grisham has sold more than 300 million copies of his thrillers. John Grisham is the author of a rare book. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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