Skipping Christmas: Christmas with The Kranks

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AN AMERICAN CLASSIC FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING MASTER THRILLER WRITER. The bestselling novel behind the iconic movie Christmas with the Kranks Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded shops, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes and no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll kip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on the street without decorations, a Christmas Eve bash or even a tree. Because come December 25th, they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences - and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined . . .

John Grisham is the author of twenty-two novels, one work of non-fiction, a collection of short stories, and a novel for young readers. He is on the Board of Directors for the Innocence Project in New York and is the Chairman on the Board of Directors for the Mississippi Innocence Project at the Mississippi School of Law. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi. His website is www.johngrisham.co.uk

Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing today * The Philadelphia Inquirer * Grisham is an absolute master * The Washington Post * You can take the adventure out of Grisham, but you can't take Grisham out of his adventures . . . an impressive read * The Observer * A great story-teller * Daily Telegraph * A giant of the thriller genre * Time Out *