Saturday, December 20, 2008

Write What You Know

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I'll go out on a limb here and guess that Mr. Grisham's new book features a promising young lawyer who lands a job at a prestigious law firm. It will be set in the South. The lawyer will have morals that he finds compromised by the firm and/or the case to which he has been assigned. He does not talk to his father, who is also a lawyer. He will have to go it alone in his fight for justice, with the help of a magical old black man and a hot paralegal who wants his bones. In the end, the old southern corruption will be beaten and the young lawyer will make off with giant piles of cash, say goodbye to the magic old black man and take a leave from practicing law to drink beer in the Keys with the paralegal. On the way, he will stop by his father's giant southern mansion (which he hasn't set foot in since he left for Duke/Ole Miss/Tulane) to give the nurses some money to take better care of him.

When the book goes to film (hopefully straight to DVD) it will star Matthew McConaughey, on whom Grisham has a secret man-crush.

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4 Comments:

  • Is there a booze-soaked ex-cop whose gruff demeanor belies a soulful wisdom and a secret yearning for redemption?

    Oh! And a fight scene in which our protagonist, with no formal training in the martial arts, defeats a nameless goon who's sent to dispatch him to protect the organization's secret wrongdoings?

    If not, count me out, brother! (Or am I thinking of Ludlum?)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at December 20, 2008 at 10:05 AM  

  • With a jazzy/blues-flavored score.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at December 20, 2008 at 2:48 PM  

  • Right on the mark. Write it now, man, and beat him to the punch!

    By Blogger Andy Jukes, at December 21, 2008 at 1:26 AM  

  • It will also star the Quaker man.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at December 22, 2008 at 1:11 PM  

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