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IN THE SUMMER of his seventeenth year, Sam­uel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basket­ball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on an airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true.Samuel is an amazing athlete, with speed, quick­ness, and an astonishing vertical leap. The rest of his game, though, needs work, and the American coaches are less than impressed.During the tournament, Samuel receives dev­astating news from home: A civil war is raging across South Sudan, and rebel troops have ran­sacked his village. His father is dead, his sister is missing, and his mother and two younger brothers are in a refugee camp.Samuel desperately wants to go home, but its just not possible. Partly out of sympathy, the coach of North Carolina Central offers him a scholar­ship. Samuel moves to Durham, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season. There is plenty of more mature talent and he isnt immediately needed.But Samuel has something no other player has: a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America. He works tirelessly on his game, shooting baskets every morning at dawn by himself in the gym, and soon hes dominating everyone in practice. With the Central team los­ing and suffering injury after injury, Sooley, as he is nicknamed, is called off the bench. And the legend begins.But how far can Sooley take his team? And will success allow him to save his family?Gripping and moving, Sooley showcases John Grishams unparalleled storytelling powers in a whole new light. This is Grisham at the top of his game.

OM JOHN GRISHAM

John Ray Grisham, Jr., född 8 februari 1955 i Jonesboro, Arkansas, är en amerikansk jurist och författare.

John Grisham tog examen som jurist 1981 och var under tio år verksam som sådan i Southaven. Första boken, Juryn, kom ut i USA 1989 men det var med den andra, Firman, som succén var ett faktum. Sedan dess har namnet John Grisham varit synonymt med den juridiska thrillern och han har sålt fler än 275 miljoner böcker och översatts till ett fyrtiotal språk. Nio av böckerna har filmatiserats. (fr Wikipedia)



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