Author: John Grisham
A Mississippi jury returns a $41-million verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping carcinogenic waste into a small town’s water supply. The company’s ruthless billionaire CEO is thwarted and the good guys (a courageous young woman who lost her husband and child and her two lawyers who’ve gone half a million dollars […]
Author: Gregory David Roberts
Crime and punishment, passion and loyalty, betrayal and redemption are only a few of the ingredients in Shantaram, a massive, over-the-top, mostly autobiographical novel. Shantaram is the name given Mr. Lindsay, or Linbaba, the larger-than-life hero. It means “man of God’s peace,” which is what the Indian people know of Lin. What […]
Author: John Boyne
It is a story about two boys; very different lives but very similar at the same time. Bruno and Shmuel, the first German and the other one Jewish. Bruno lives right next to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and you can guess where Schmuel lives, the area is divided only by a fence.
Author: Ken Follett
Set in 12th-century England, the narrative concerns the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. The ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through 40 years of social and political upheaval as internal church politics affect the progress of the cathedral and the fortunes of the protagonists.
