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The Summons by John Grisham (2002, Hardcover)

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ISBN
9780385503822
Book Title
Summons
Item Length
9.5 in
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year
2002
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
John Grisham
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Thrillers / Legal, Legal, Thrillers / Suspense
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
22.3 Oz
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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Ray Atlee is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He's forty-three, newly single, and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. He has a younger brother, Forrest, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep. And he has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. He is known to all as Judge Atlee, a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for forty years. No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse. With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. It is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study. Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray. And perhaps someone else.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385503822
ISBN-13
9780385503822
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1993654

Product Key Features

Book Title
Summons
Author
John Grisham
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Legal, Legal, Thrillers / Suspense
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
352 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
22.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3557.R5355s86
Reviews
" The Summons ranks as my absolute favorite in many years...[with] an ending too delicious and morally instructive to give away."-- USA Today "A pleasure to read...a good yarn."-- The Washington Post, " The Summons ranks as my absolute favorite in many years...[with] an ending too delicious and morally instructive to give away." USA Today "A pleasure to read...a good yarn." The Washington Post
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2001-058185
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
21

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  • by 4568elaine
    Sep 21, 2022Top favourable review

    Excellent book!

    The author (the great John Grisham) keeps you entertained, intrigued, and guessing from start to finish. A highly enjoyable and interesting story.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: your_online_bookstore

  • by AqLcEobgS4S@Deleted
    Dec 24, 2005

    Ignore the Summons

    Having been an avid reader of all of John Grisham's works (inlcuding the recent "Skipping Christmas", which I actually enjoyed and can fully picture as next years' made for TV or cable Christmas movie), I found "The Summons" to be the most disappointing yet. The story show promise in the first 50 pages, leading up to Judge Atlee's death, Ray's discovery of a cashe of cash and the introduction of the cast of characters through the funeral arrangements and initiation of the probate process. The next 250 pages frankly drag to the point of exhaustion. As a small town lawyer myself, I would say that the "Summons" is the most realistic of all of Grisham's legal thrillers, as the law can be very dry and mundane, which is exactly what I found here. As Grisham takes us through a potentially ...

  • by upokPSyjRyC@Deleted
    Aug 25, 2010

    The Best of John Grisham

    I collect this authors books. I had loaned my first copy to a friend and it was never returned. (There's a lesson there, right?):) This book kept me on pins and needles 'til the end! It also had an air of the comedy we see in our lives every day. If you haven't read it, believe me it's a must read!!

  • by re-362937
    Jan 18, 2022

    One of John Grisham's best!

    This is one of my favorite John Grisham books. I like having my own copy to read it whenever I wish to. A great mystery story!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • by ver-71911
    Nov 13, 2023

    Fits the story well.

    I like the book because the story line goes along with previous stories of Grisham's I have read. He uses some of the same people portrayed in his other books. It makes the reader feel you are right at home reading because you know the characters.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: gulfcoastllc

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