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Review title: Shows that a literary thriller can sell
Product review: The publishers of Turow keep calling him a thriller writer - probably afraid that if they don't, they'll loose readers. But the truth is, he's a good writer, period, just one who happened to kick off his career with rather a good thriller plot. Since then there's been lots of good writing, and relatively little in the way of thriller-type storytelling. But people (like me) go on buying his stuff regardless. Why? Because the combination of strong writing and a good story is a lot more satisfying than you get from most regular thriller fare. Good writing just brings things ALIVE, and makes the reader more willing to follow the author into areas that aren't essential to the plot. That's Turow's great lesson to the publishing world: quality writing sells. Thank you, Scott!
