New books: John Grisham's The Associate
The latest from John Grisham highlights the books that will hit stores Tuesday; here are several opening chapters from The Associate. This week's releases:
The Associate by John Grisham (Doubleday, $27.95). Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle McAvoy becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where, in addition to practicing law, he is expected to lie, steal and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get him killed.
A Darker Place by Jack Higgins (Putnam, $26.95). Famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper Alexander Kurbsky is fed up with the Putin government and decides he wants to "disappear" into the West. It’s a real coup for the West, except for one thing: Kurbsky is still working for the Russians.
Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmann (Ballantine, $25). Taking on the world’s deadliest criminals is what elite security force Troubleshooters Incorporated does best. But now it faces a new and powerful threat from its most lethal enemy yet — a shadowy government outfit known only as The Agency.
What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis (Collins, $26.99). In a book that’s one part prophecy, one part thought experiment, one part manifesto and one part survival manual, Internet impresario and blogging pioneer Jeff Jarvis reverse-engineers Google — the fastest-growing company in history — to discover 40 clear and straightforward rules to manage and live by.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (Ballantine, $24). Henry Lee, a Chinese-American, recalls the difficulties of life in America during World War II, when he and his Japanese-American school friend, Keiko, wandered through wartime Seattle.
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes by Bryan Burrough (Penguin Press, $29.95). Capitalism at its most colorful oozes across the pages of this engrossing study of independent oil men. Vanity Fair special correspondent Bryan Burrough (coauthor of Barbarians at the Gate) profiles the Big Four oil dynasties of H.L. Hunt, Roy Cullen, Clint Murchison and Sid Richardson, along with their cronies, rivals, families and, in Hunt’s case, bigamous second and third families.
Amazon.com and Publishers Weekly
