Brand spanking new Tolkien book (honest and true!)

[Diamond18]

Somewhere, a mod is sighing and moving his/her mouse pointer toward the "close topic" button, muttering, "Yes Diamond, we know about Beowulf..."

But no, I'm actually talking about Simon Tolkien. He just published a novel, "Final Witness" in December. The Tolkien family tradition continues!

Apparently it's a courtroom drama, not fantasy, but I found it interesting that the Prof's grandson is following in his footsteps. It was even mentioned in the flap. Talk about pressure, eh? I would personally be terrified of writing a novel if any of my close relatives had written the book of the century.

So, has anyone seen this or read it? Is it any good? Is there any reason I should drop the LeGuin novel I'm reading now ("The Beginning Place"...) to run out and read "Final Witness"? Does grandbaby live up to grandaddy? Well, does he???

Somewhere, a mod is comtemplating saying that this thread isn't Tolkien related. Aha, but it is, it is. Simon is literally related to J.R.R. Tolkien. Ba dum bum.