Amazon.com Review
With Bleachers John Grisham departs again from the legal thriller to experiment with a character-driven tale of reunion, broken high school dreams, and missed chances. While the book falls short of the compelling storytelling that has made Grisham a bestselling author, it is nonetheless a diverting novella that succeeds as light fiction.
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Law professor Ray Atlee and his prodigal brother, Forrest, are summoned home to Clanton, Mississippi, by their ailing father to discuss his will. But when Ray arrives the judge is already dead, and the one-page document dividing his meager estate between the two sons seems crystal clear. What it doesn’t mention, however, is the small [...]
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Bestseller Grisham’s contemporary legal thriller offers an action-and-suspense plot reminiscent of that of his breakout book, 1991’s The Firm, in contrast to 2008’s didactic The Appeal, which served as a platform for his concerns about the corrupting effects of judicial elections. Kyle McAvoy, a callow Yale Law School student, dreams of a public [...] -
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FOUR BLOCKBUSTER AUTHORS
CAPTURED LIVE AT NEW YORK’S TOWN HALL
On February 2, 2002, Stephen King, Pat Conroy, John Grisham and Peter Straub gathered at New York’s Town Hall for a very special evening. These four bestselling authors stepped up to the microphone to raise money for one of the most recognizable voices in audiobooks, Frank [...] -
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The Summons
Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi–a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, [...]
