A conversation with John Grisham

with John Grisham
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on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 * * * * *

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A conversation with author John Grisham

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The Innocent Man
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The Firm
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    1. moongazer  08/02/2009 03:26 PM Report

      Trying to appeal to the masses is not easy, to write successful novels year after year is not a skill that someone should put down. Mr. Grisham does rank among one of the best selling writers in the world and if he can make more people READ then more power to him. I read classic literature, but I also enjoy a quick read.Mr. Grisham if you're reading this keep on doing what you do. Millions of readers across the world love your books and it seems like you have a passion for writing: Like the saying goes-- when you do something with passion the money will follow. Don't be ashamed it has followed you.

    2. enkiitu  05/14/2009 11:52 PM Report

      ammatthe I agree with you 100%.

      And to me it comes as a big dissapointment.

      I had never seen an interview with him because I live in Argentina and he is just not the most popular author over here.

      I say it is a dissapointment because I've read so many of his books, but now... I guess I'm not intelligent enough to separate the man from his work.

      I didn't like the interview one bit.

      (I'm not talking about the parts where Charlie Rose is concerned)

    3. ammatthe  01/30/2009 07:11 PM Report

      I think Mr. Grisham lacks depth and that he is only writing for financial gains. He understands the process and the economics of writing and he goes for it. I don't think that he will ever rank as the top writers in the world. Mr. Grisham comes off as more of a CEO than a writer. As a personality Mr. Grisham himself is quite boring.

    4. tartufe  01/30/2009 01:07 PM Report

      Reading fluff seems somehow unpatriotic in times like these. Dreary things like The Inheritance, The Forever War, The Limits of Power, yadda, yadda.

      His Unpainted House(?) was good. And The Firm. Others seemed a bit predictable?

      A surprising read for me - recreationally - was The Count of Monte Cristo. Ashamed how I got into the theme of requited revenge.

    5. kcmobeth  01/30/2009 10:44 AM Report

      Great interview. I am a librarian and thousands of Grisham books have passed through my hands ... Grisham should be careful what he says about libraries. (Thanks, Charlie, for jumping in to correct him on that.)

      I agree with CarolJ: this website could be a LOT easier to navigate. The multiple quick links to the SAME interviewee is redundant: get rid of it!

    6. CarolJ  01/29/2009 07:24 PM Report

      This was the best interview I have seen Charlie do with John Grisham, maybe both were hamming it up for the live audience. Okay with me. Still not crazy about your new website Charlie.

    7. REMant  01/29/2009 01:26 PM Report

      I certainly am not one of the millions. I've never made it all the way through one of his. I had a few on the shelf unread and eventually took them to the hospital. One of his first books, where a bunch of Supreme Ct judges are assassinated I think, I attempted to listen to, but gave up even on that. I think Southerners must have overactive imaginations or it's a matter of sublimation. A lot of writers started out in law school for some reason. More than business school, or as scientists or engineers, that's for sure. Maybe all lawyers are storytellers in disguise; they don't seem they have any real concern for law per se. It isn't too surprising they sell well, there are so many lawyers in this country nowadays. For the rest, I suppose it is lifestyles of the rich and famous, and a bit of travelogue. I wonder if ppl in Oxford and Cambridge (Eng) devour these things like we do their's. I get a charge out of Elizabeth George, an American, who writes British ones that have ended up back here via the BBC. But why does he keep writing them if he cares so little about it? Surely he doesn't need the money. To fund his philanthropy? Perhaps he shares the sense of outrage in LeCarre (and Graham Greene before). I agree with him about overdoing character (and description), a better example of which is PD James; of the opposite, Simenon. LeCarre, at least in the Smiley series, falls somewhere in the middle. A better writer than any of them in this genre tho is Len Deighton. Union Square seems to be tonier now than I remember.