Best-selling author John Grisham has joined Dickens, Shakespeare and other writers whose success has been certified with that most American of literary tributes - the T-shirt.

But he's not terribly excited."I have not seen this particular garment. I have no plans to purchase one either," Grisham told the Memphis, Tenn., Commercial Appeal.

He said he gave Barnes & Noble Inc. permission to use a caricature of him several months ago.

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The $12.95 T-shirt is one of about 15 in the company's line of shirts depicting authors. "It's been selling very well," said Michelle Repass, manager of a Barnes & Noble store in Memphis.

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