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John Grisham
John Ray Grisham sa narodil ako druhý najstarší zo štyroch súrodencov v baptistickej rodine. Rodina sa často sťahovala než zakotvila v Southaven v Mississippi. Tam John absolvoval strednú školu a potom, na Štátnej mississipské univerzite, vyštudoval účtovníctvo a roku 1981 získal doktorát na právach tiež na univerzite v Mississipi. Potom, takmer desať rokov, pracoval v právnickom prostredí pričom viac ako trestné právo, ho zaujímalo právo občianske.

Roku 1983 bol demokratmi zvolený do snemovne reprezentantov štátu Mississippi, kde zotrval až do roku 1990.

Bol vášnivým čitateľom, v čom ho povzbudzovala jeho matka. Obľúbil si najmä Johna Steinbecka. Počas štúdií na univerzite začal písať do novín a získaval tým praxi pre svoju neskoršiu tvorbu.

Prvý román "... a je čas zabíjať" (A Time to Kill, 1989) rozpráva príbeh z mississippského vidieka, kedy bol z dvojnásobnej vraždy obvinený černošský otec, ktorý sa pomstil belochom za znásilnenie svojej dcéry. Hneď druhým románom "Firma" (The Firm, 1991) o mladom právnikovi, ktorý nastúpil do advokátskej firmy snov, ktorá sa však snová len zdala, zaznamenal u čitateľov obrovský úspech. Ihneď po vydaní sa vyšplhala na prvé miesto amerických bestsellerov, kde ju po troch rokoch vystriedal ďalší román "Klient" (The Client, 1993) o právnikovi, ktorý pred samovraždou zverí svoje tajomstvo a ohrozí tak dramatickým spôsobom život malého chlapca. Medzitým vyšiel ďalší, snáď najpopulárnejší, román "Prípad Pelikán" (The Pelican Brief, 1992) zaoberajúci sa vyšetrovaním vraždy dvoch sudcov Najvyššieho súdu, ktorého sa len v USA predalo jedenásť miliónov výtlačkov, neskôr bol aj sfilmovaný s Juliou Roberts a Denzelom Washingtonom v hlavných úlohách.
Potom vydával takmer jednu knihu ročne, z ktorých sa väčšina neskôr stala bestsellermi.

Ďalšími jeho zfilmovanými dielami boli "Firma" (1993 - Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman), "Nebezpečný klient" (1994 - Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee-Jones), "Čas zabíjať" (1996 - Matthew McConnaughey, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey) , "Cela smrti" (1996 - Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman) a "Vyvolávač dažďa" (1997 - Matt Damon, Danny De Vito). John Grisham tiež napísal scenár k filmu o baseballe s názvom "Mickey" (2004 - Harry Connick jr), ktorý tiež produkoval.

V knihe "Maľovaný dom" z roku 2001 sa odpútal od právnického prostredia a opisoval obyčajné životy obyčajných ľudí niekde v Arkansase, pričom bol zrejme ovplyvnený vlastným detstvom a tiež svojou veľkou láskou k baseballu.
Sám seba opisuje ako mierneho Baptistu. Žije so ženou Renee a dvoma deťmi vo viktoriánskom sídle v Oxforde.
 

V slovenčine vyšli tieto diela:

1993 - Firma (The Firm)
1993 - Prípad Pelikán (The Pelican Brief)
1994 - Klient (The Client)
1994 - Kedy zabiť (A Time to Kill)
1996 - Cela smrti (The Chamber)
1996 - Čarodejník (The Rainmaker)
1997 - Porota (Runaway Jury)
1998 - Partner (The Partner)
1998 - Advokát chudobných (The Street Lawyer)
1999 - Testament (The Testament)
2000 - Bratstvo (The Brethren)
2001 - Maľovaný dom (A Painted House)
2002 - Také nezvyčajné Vianoce (Skipping Christmas)
2002 - Sudca (The Summons)
2003 - Kráľ odškodného (The King of Torts)
2004 - Tribúny (The Bleachers)
2004 - Zoznam (The Last Juror)
2005 - Maklér (The Broker)
2007 - Nevinný (Innocent Man)
2009 - Odvolanie (The Appeal)
2009 - Hra o pizzu (Playing for Pizza)
2009 - Spoločník (The Associate)
2010 - Mississippské poviedky (Ford County)

Fotografia: Jen Fariello

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The Chamber


The horror of death row is that you die a little each day. The waiting kills you. Seventy-year-old Sam Cayhall is on Mississippi’s death row. Sam hates lawyers but his date with the gas chamber is close, and time is running out. Then Adam Hall, a young lawyer arrives. Can he and his secret persuade Sam to accept his help?
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7,40 €

Associate


It's a deadly game of blackmail. And they're making him play. Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation: he's good looking, has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him. But he has a secret from his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his fledgling career and, possibly, his entire life. One night that secret catches up with him in the form of some bad men in a dark alley - they have a deeply compromising video of the incident that haunts him. The men make it clear to Kyle that he no longer owns his own future - that he must do as they tell him, or the video will be made public knowledge, with all the unpleasant consequences. What price do they demand for Kyle's secret?Strangely, it is for Kyle to do exactly what any ambitious young lawyer would want to do: take a job in New York as an associate at the largest law firm in the world, a job that is incredibly well paid and, with mammoth hours and outrageous billing, could lead to partnership and a fortune. But Kyle won't be working for the company, but against it - passing on the secrets of the company's biggest trial to date, a dispute between two defense contractors worth billions of dollars to the victor. Now Kyle is caught between the criminal forces manipulating him and the FBI, who would love to unmask the conspiracy. Will his intellect, cunning and bravery be enough to extricate him from an impossible dilemma? Full of twists and turns and reminiscent of The Firm", "The Associate" is vintage John Grisham."
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15,95 €

Das Urteil


Die ganze Welt wartet auf das Urteil von zwölf Geschworenen in einer kleinen Stadt in Mississippi Die Witwe eines Rauchers, der an Krebs gestorben ist, klagt auf Schadensersatz. Für die mächtigen Tabakkonzerne geht es um Milliarden.
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11,58 €

Runaway Jury


Every Jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and a least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon, they have to be sequestered. Then, a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the juror's increasingly odd behaviour. Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If so, by whom? And, more importantly, why?
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9,92 €

Der Gefangene


Erscheinungsjahr: 20082. Aufl.Übers. v. Bernhard Liesen, Bea Reiter, Kristiana Dorn-Ruhl u. a.Gewicht: 372 gr / Abmessung: 19 cmVon Grisham, John / Übersetzt v. Liesen, Bernhard, Reiter, Bea, Dorn-Ruhl, KristianaIn der Tradition von Truman Capotes »Kaltblütig« widmet sich John Grisham einem Kriminalfall, der erschütterndes Zeugnis ablegt über die Ungerechtigkeit eines modernen Rechtssystems. Brillant erzählt und getragen von großer Sympathie für seinen Helden, wird Ron Williamsons Schicksal zu einem packenden Thriller, der nicht mehr aus der Hand zu legen ist.
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12,31 €

Le Testament


Objet de toutes les convoitises, ce testament fascine tout le monde, sauf la principale intéressée : son héritire.
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12,78 €

King of Torts


The Office of the Public Defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long, and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D. C. every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles upon a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He, suddenly, finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life - that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's newest king of torts.
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7,99 €

Lacná kniha La Derniere Recolte (-90%)


Qui a besoin d'avocats ? Certainement pas John Grisham qui les a congédiés dans ce nouveau roman. A la place, on trouve des fermiers pitoyables, des ouvriers agricoles plus misérables encore et un petit garçon qui, sept ans, est le témoin unique de deux meurtres. Cet ouvrage raconte un été 54 dans une plantation de coton en difficulté du delta du Mississipi, et s'inspire de l'enfance de Grisham. --Ce texte fait référence l'édition Broché .
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1,24 € 12,41€

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L´Accuse


Ce matin de décembre 1982, la jeune Debbie Carter ,rît, étranglée et violée, au pied de son lit défait. La nouvelle pétrifie la petite ville d'Aria, perdue au cur de l'Oklahoma. Bientôt la fivre s'empare des services de police, jusqu'au délire. Comment expliquer que Gien (tore, dernire personne avoir vu la victime vivante, n'ait pas été soupçonné ? Pire: comment accorder du crédit sa seule version des faits Un innocent, Ron Willianson, va pâtir de ces grossires erreurs. Certes, son profil ne plaide pas en sa faveur : ancienne gloire locale du base-ball, alcoolique, dragueur invétéré et dépressif chronique, il fait un coupable idéal. Mais les charges sont minces. Faux témoignages, interrogatoires musclés, acharnement : le calvaire de Williamson durera douze ans avant qu'il ne soit arraché de justesse au couloir de la mort...
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11,35 €

Ford County Stories


When you are as securely at the top of the publishing tree (as John Grisham is), the temptation to simply relax and coast must be ever-present. But canny authors know that such laxity is not advisable if you don’t want your fan base to haemorrhage. And it’s clear that John Grisham – despite a few missteps recently (such as the period when he ill-advisedly let his born-again Christianity seep through into his novels), has tried to keep his writing fresh and vital. Ford County represents Grisham’s first foray into a form he has not tackled before, the short story, and it’s a challenging task (with the ghosts of such great American short story writers as F Scott Fitzgerald ever-hovering over the shoulder of any writer who attempts the form). But the range of subjects and characters tackled here is ambitious. The unexciting Sidney, an insurance company data collector, finesses his abilities at blackjack to take on the star player of a casino empire; the invalid Inez Graney and her two sons undertake a daunting odyssey to meet a relative who has been on death row for eleven years; three Ford County rednecks set out to give blood to an injured friend, but wind up in a Memphis strip joint. As these three stories (from a total of seven) suggest, John Grisham is clearly eager to spread his wings as a writer, and deal with more quirky areas of characterisation than he has tackled before. Some readers may wish that he had stayed in his familiar legal thriller territory, but real Grisham admirers will welcome this ambitious move. As in any short story collection, some entries are more successful than others, but everything here demonstrates solid accomplishment.
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7,95 €

Lacná kniha L'associé (-70%)


Les avocats Rapley, Ravarac, Vitrano et Bogan sont tr s mécontents : leur associé Patrick Lanigan a disparu avec la bagatelle de 90 millions de dollars. Lanigan est donné pour mort dans l´incendie de sa propre voiture, mais ce dramatique accident s´av re
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2,78 € 9,25€

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The Firm


Mitch McDeere is a young, intelligent and ambitious lawyer. When he gets a job with a top law firm in Memphis he is delighted. But soon Mitch discovers that the firm is listening to his phone calls, and the FBI want to speak to him ...It is impossible to put this book down. It has also been released as a major film starring Tom Cruise.
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4,68 €

The Pelican Brief


In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are murdered and only the young and beautiful law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has uncovered a deadly secret but will anyone believe her? Can she stay alive long enough to persuade them she is right?
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7,10 €

The Appeal


In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it. Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided? The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr . Trudeau.Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mould him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court jus tice.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí, kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, bez ohľadu na obá lku.
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17,50 €

Lacná kniha King of Torts (-90%)


The Office of the Public Defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long, and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D. C. every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles upon a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He, suddenly, finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life - that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's newest king of torts.
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0,80 € 7,99€

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The Testament


Nate O’Riley is a powerful Washington lawyer. Returning to work after a long stay in hospital is difficult for Nate. Then he is sent on a journey that takes him from the tense courtrooms of Washington to the dangerous swamps of Brazil. It is a journey that will change his life forever…
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7,40 €