HE'S READY TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
Spotted for his talent on the basketball court, Samuel Sooleymon is whisked away from his life in South Sudan to the United States to compete in a tournament of a lifetime: the opportunity to play and study at one of the best universities in the world is on the line.
It's the longest of long shots. Sooley has raw talent but is untrained and undisciplined. And there are hundreds of better-known players ahead of him.
But as his home descends into civil war, Sooley soon realises he isn't just playing for himself - but for the lives of the people he loves the most...
💥350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER💥
Readers love Sooley:
'Read it, you'll want to cry too' Bill Clinton for the Guardian, 2021
'A captivating read' 'Just fantastic' 'Thought provoking'
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Read it, you'll want to cry too * Bill Clinton for The Guardian * The joy of a Grisham novel is turning the pages as the plot propels you forward . . . Suffice it to say SOOLEY follows the familiar Grisham playbook - short chapters, plenty of foreshadowing, and a rapid-fire prose that's easy to read and hard to put down * Independent *
Since The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published a number one bestseller every year. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Nine have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill.
His first work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries; his second, Framed, highlights work with organisations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted.
He is the two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was distinguished with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.
John lives on a farm in central Virginia.
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