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How John Grisham turned his passion for justice into bestselling legal thrillers

Bookends with Mattea Roach
Bookends with Mattea Roach
Episode • Oct 22, 2023 • 52m
John Grisham's novel The Reckoning re-imagines a story the author encountered more than 30 years ago about a murder in small-town Mississippi. It centres on Pete, a cotton farmer returning from the Second World War, and the mystery surrounding his motive for killing the local pastor. *This interview originally aired Mar. 24, 2019.

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