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John Grisham Publishes “Non-Legal Thriller” on Brain Tumor-Treating Technology for Free

February 23, 2016
By Sarah Weinman

John Grisham’s new project is, as the Washington Post reports, “one of the stranger literary digressions in recent memory.” THE TUMOR, a 49-page “non-legal thriller,” was published for free and centers around a medical device called focused ultrasound. Grisham told the paper the story was “the most important book of his career” because “it has the potential to one day save or prolong millions of lives.” The book grew out of a near-decade-long friendship between Grisham and University of Virginia neurosurgeon Neal Kassell, who founded the Focused Ultrasound Foundation in 2006. Grisham joined the foundation board, and decided that, rather […]

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