Gray Mountain (John Grisham novel)
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| Author | John Grisham |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Legal thriller |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | October 23, 2014 |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-53714-8 |
Gray Mountain is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham, published in hardcover on October 23, 2014. The book is set in Appalachia after the Great Recession and follows third-year associate Samantha Kofer after the Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, when she becomes a legal clinic intern in Virginia's coal mining country.[1]
Notable facts
The novel describes the great danger to the environment posed by strip-mining for coal.
Grisham consulted with Mary Cromer, an attorney with the Appalachian Citizen's Law Center and a Washington and Lee University School of Law alumna, as research for the novel.[2] This is one of the few Grisham novels which feature a strong female protagonist (Samantha Kofer).[3] Scully & Pershing, the law firm Kofer is furloughed from in New York City,[4] is the same law firm that employed Kyle McAvoy in Grisham's novel The Associate (2009).[5]
Notes
- ↑ Shaffi, Sarah (2014-06-25). "Grisham to tackle recession in Gray Mountain". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ↑ Jetton, Peter (2014-12-01). "Author John Grisham Turns to W&L Law Alumna for Help with Recent Novel". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
- ↑ Schoemann-McCann, Molly. "John Grisham Explores New Territory in Gray Mountain". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
- ↑ Grisham, John (2014-11-12). "Excerpt from 'Gray Mountain'". Newsday. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
- ↑ Maslin, Janet (2009-01-25). "Another Young Lawyer Is Served Up for Breakfast". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
External links
- Website at JGrisham.com
- Official website at Random House