tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764001039642101892.post2494964317101503210..comments2024-03-11T10:53:02.557-07:00Comments on Kahn's Corner: 2008: The Appeal by John GrishamMatt Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036604086152459854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764001039642101892.post-74626688684429259682015-04-20T14:45:16.113-07:002015-04-20T14:45:16.113-07:00I am not a John Grisham fan, and I think your revi...I am not a John Grisham fan, and I think your review of “The Appeal” is mostly spot on. But I have to take strenuous exception to one point you made: To anyone familiar with the real-life behavior and attitudes of the Walton Family, The Koch brothers, or West Virginia coal magnate Don Blankenship, the portrait of Carl Trudeau seems like an accurate, perhaps slightly flattering, depiction of a modern Oligarch. Compared to his real-life counterparts, Lex Luthor seems relatively harmless, perhaps even just misunderstood.Paul Gottliebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062464400324829622noreply@blogger.com