Presumed greedy.
After the success of courtroom thriller novels from John Grisham and Scott Turrow, quite a few U.S. lawyers have decided to turn to writing fiction to earn more money. This trend is regrettable, because the books that they produce are poor imitations of Grisham or Turrow, and because they will over...
| Publicado en: | New Statesman & Society Vol. 8; pp. 39 - 40 |
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New Statesman Ltd.
January 13 1995
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