Samuel “Sooley” Sooleymon is just seventeen years old when he and his South Sudanese teammates come to the United States to compete in a basketball tournament. The opportunity to be scouted by college coaches is a dream come true. Though he is an amazing athlete, his technical game needs work.
John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel, Sooley. Samuel “Sooley” Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams—and even bigger challenges off the court.
New York Times bestselling author John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams...and even bigger challenges off the court.
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Grisham’s new book, “Sooley,” centers on Samuel Sooleymon, a player for the North Carolina Central University basketball team, who perseveres through hardships in hopes of earning an NBA contract so that he can rescue family members from civil war in his native Sudan.
The book follows Samuel Sooleymon, a raw talent from South Sudan who gets a life-changing chance to play in the U.S., only to have his home torn apart by violence. Grisham masterfully contrasts the glittering promise of American college basketball with the brutal realities of a refugee crisis.
Sooley, originally published in 2021, is a sports novel and work of historical fiction by American author John Grisham. Like most of his novels, Sooley became a New York Times Best Seller. As of 2023, Grisham has written over 50 novels, mostly in the legal thriller genre.