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Tonight I reluctantly finished this volume of stories by John Grisham— such a well-done book. I am very particular about short stories and think they are a difficult format in which to write. To write an economical piece that is also “complete” has to be a great challenge for a writer, and Grisham has succeeded admirably. As with any collection, some of the stories were more appealing to me than others, but all were good.br /br /In these stories, Grisham returns to Clanton, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill. The characters are real and diverse; the character development is strong; the plots are good; the stories are clever and engrossing…..and while he does not write about the law, it is in every story in some way. Grisham spins a good yarn. Although the stories are unrelated, because they all take place in or near Clanton, the reader gets a sense of the community as a whole.br /br /I really hated for this book to end.
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In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, iA Time to Kill/i.brbrWheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit the youngest Graney brother, Raymond, who’s been locked away on death row for eleven years. It could well be their last visit.brbrMack Stafford, a hard-drinking and low-grossing run-of-the-mill divorce lawyer gets a miracle phone call with a completely unexpected offer to settle some old, forgotten cases for more money than he has ever seen. Mack is suddenly bored with the law, fed up with his wife and his life, and makes drastic plans to finally escape.brbrQuiet, dull Sidney, a data collector for an insurance company, perfects his blackjack skills in hopes of bringing down the casino empire of Clanton’s most ambitious hustler, Bobby Carl Leach, who, among other crimes, has stolen Sidney’s wife.brbrThree good ol’ boys from rural Ford County begin a journey to the big city of Memphis to give blood to a grievously injured friend. However, they are unable to drive past a beer store as the trip takes longer and longer. The journey comes to an abrupt end when they make a fateful stop at a Memphis strip club.brbrThe Quiet Haven Retirement Home is the final stop for the elderly of Clanton. It’s a sad, languid place with little controversy, until Gilbert arrives. Posing as a lowly paid bedpan boy, he is in reality a brilliant stalker with an uncanny ability to sniff out the assets of those “seniors” he professes to love.brbrOne of the hazards of litigating against people in a small town is that one day, long after the trial, you will probably come face-to-face with someone you’ve beaten in a lawsuit. Lawyer Stanley Wade bumps into an old adversary, a man with a long memory, and the encounter becomes a violent ordeal.brbrClanton is rocked with the rumor that the gay son of a prominent family has finally come home, to die. Of AIDS. Fear permeates the town as gossip runs unabated. But in Lowtown, the colored section of Clanton, the young man finds a soul mate in his final days.brbrFeaturing a cast of characters you’ll never forget, these stories bring Ford County to vivid and colorful life. Often hilarious, frequently moving, and always entertaining, this collection makes it abundantly clear why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller.
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span class=”h1″strongAmazon Exclusive: Pat Conroy Reviews iFord County/i/strong/spanbr/br/bPat Conroy is most recently the author of the #1 iNew York Times/i bestseller iSouth of Broad/i, as well as eight previous books: iThe Boo/i, iThe Water Is Wide/i, iThe Great Santini/i, iThe Lords of Discipline/i, iThe Prince of Tides/i, iBeach Music/i, iMy Losing Season/i, and iThe Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life/i. He lives on Fripp Island, South Carolina. Read his exclusive Amazon guest review of iFord County/i:/bbr/pimg align=”right” border=”0″ src=”http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/randoEMS/PatConroy_DavidGSpielman.jpg”/pIn the mail last week, I received a copy of John Grisham’s latest fiction. It surprised me that the book was comprised of seven short stories. From the time I first began publishing at Doubleday, they have always made sure that I received a copy of a Grisham book long before it went on sale in the bookstores. He has written 22 books, and I’ve read them all as soon as they were available in crisp review copies./ppI have loved the Grisham books for the same reason that I love the works of John Irving, Richard Russo, or Anne Rivers Siddons: I get hooked by an early page, and pure habit forces me to read until I am issued my walking papers and can return to my normal life. These writers are all wish-bringers who cast spells with the bright enchantment of their stories, and the power of story has retained its glamour and necessity for me. I’ve always liked it when Grisham took a sabbatical from his impressive fiction to romp in the field of sports or non-fiction./ppJohn surprised me by entering the ring of danger that the short story represents for all writers. In the world of writing, the poets come first as they finger the language like worry beads and wonder where their next meal is coming from. The art of the short story writer is one of economy, concision, and the genius of trying to craft a whole world inside a mason jar. The modern world punishes the short story writer with inattention. The literary reviews keep the short story alive and finger-popping in America today, while the iNew Yorker/i tries to strangle the form with its bare hands. But a great short story is a source of joy, and the reading of Chekhov, de Maupassant, Flannery O’Connor and others offer pleasures unmatched by any other form. Since I’m incapable of writing the short story form, I wanted to see how Grisham fared, knowing the critics would sharpen their swords against him no matter how accomplished his stories might be./ppiFord County/i is the best writing that John Grisham has ever done. One of the many things I’ve admired about his books is his intimate chronicle of Mississippi life in the generations following William Faulkner and Eudora Welty. Grisham writes equally well about the plantation south, the black south, and white-cracker south. Over the years he has used the legal system as an instrument to illuminate the world of mansions and sharecroppers and everything in between as he not only defined Mississippi but also staked it out as his home fictional territory. His short stories were a surprise to me. All of them are very good; three of them, I believe, are great. Grisham has always had a rare gift for breaking hearts when he invokes unforgettable images of the broken, hopeless South. Some of the stories are hilarious, and Grisham’s gift of humor has never found a showcase like this. One of these stories should find its way into the anthologies of the best short stories of 2009. It might not happen, but I for one think the stories in iFord County/i are that damned good.i–Pat Conroy/i/pp (Photo © David G. Spielman) /phr size=”1″
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Wrong reader – Lynn Lanning – Glendale, CA USA
Please, John Grisham, don’t read any more of your books. Have Michael Beck read them. He’s got the perfect voice for what you write. Unfortunately, you don’t.
excellent read…Grisham at his best!! – Irish Angel –
delightful characters, thought provoking stories and so very difficult to put down…book was damaged by ink splotches throughout but did not hinder the stories from being told…I was disappointed that the seller said book was in mint condition…not in my mint…
Disappointing Collection – Trevin Wax –
I should have loved this book. I have always thought that Grisham’s best book was his first (A Time to Kill), which was set in Ford County, Mississippi. I also love short stories. So when I heard that Grisham was turning his attention back to Ford County and that he was trying his hand at short stories, my interest was piqued.br /br /Unfortunately, Grisham seems bent on displaying the absolute worst side of Southern life. I didn’t even finish this book. The first story alone takes readers into some of the seediest sites of Mississippi. Grisham tries to be funny and to make a point, but he fails on both counts. Don’t waste your money.
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