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An honest lawyer
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 26/01/2015
» This reviewer doesn't know how good a lawyer John Grisham is. Certainly he's no Clarence Darrow, whose winning cases are still talked about a century later. But Darrow didn't pen courtroom dramas, while Grisham does. Many other lawyers do too, with Grisham's regarded, critically and popularly, as the pick of the crop.
The silents
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 24/02/2014
» Alongside co-authors, Yank scrivener Clive Cussler turns out at least two books annually, not all novels. Writing is his night job. A seafarer by day, he and his crew hunt for lost ships, treasure too. Over the years he has had several literary creations. Dirk Pitt is the most popular.
An unlawful outrage
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 11/02/2013
» Of all the literary and cinema genres, the most thrilling is escape. Escape from prison, escape from predators, escape from burning buildings, escape from sinking ships, escape from aliens, escape from prehistoric creatures, escape from eruptions, escape from hurricanes.
Torture is justified
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 21/05/2012
» It would appear that every Western novelist feels that if he doesn't pen at least one story about Muslim terrorists, he isn't being patriotic. Doesn't matter if it's plausible, it is the subject matter that counts. After all, is there any atrocity Muslim terrorists aren't capable of?
What if JFK lived?
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 30/01/2012
» There are two aspects to time travel, travelling to another time; making a change before returning to the starting point. That change leads to other changes and those to other changes still. HG Wells noted this in The Time Machine, Hollywood in its Back to The Future series.