Review
On June 21st 2005 Lee was signing
copies of his latest book in a small town outside of
Chicago when he started to get a niggling feeling
about the date - had he forgotten his wedding
anniversary, an important birthday? As he ran
through important dates in his mind he recollected
that it was exactly ten years since the bittersweet
day that he'd been fired from his previous job
(which had given him the impetus to turn his hand to
writing novels). He fell into a fit of nostalgia,
wondering what had happened to old colleagues, how
they were doing and what they looked like now? From
these thoughts came the idea for his 11th Reacher
novel, in which Reacher is reunited with members of
his team from ten years ago, people that he loved
fiercely and respected...
Beyond the Book
Lee Child was born in the exact
geographic center of England, in
the heart of the industrial
badlands. The sort of place
where minor disputes were
settled with box cutters and
bicycle chains. He's got the
scars to prove it. But he
survived, got an education, and
went to university where he
spent most of his time in the
university theater; after which
he went to work for Granada
Television in Manchester. Over
eighteen years he was involved
with more than 40,000 hours of
the company's program output. He
also wrote thousands of links,...
