The Summons: A Novel - Brossura

Grisham, John

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ISBN 10: 0345531981 ISBN 13: 9780345531988

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2012

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A pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years, Judge Atlee is now a shadow of his former self—a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. Knowing that the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. Ray Atlee is the elder, a Virginia law professor, newly single, still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. Forrest is Ray’s younger brother, the family’s black sheep.

The summons 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 he now prefers 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 to someone else.

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“Should you answer this summons? You bet.”—New Orleans Times-Picayune

“Grisham has grown more comfortable with his voice while expanding its range. . . . The Summons is more than a . . . return to form; it marks out the rich literary territory Grisham has begun to occupy.”—Los Angeles Times

“A master of the legal suspense thriller.”—Richmond-Times Dispatch
 
“A pleasure to read . . . a good yarn.”—The Washington Post

L'autore:

John Grisham is the author of twenty-three novels, including, most recently, The Litigators; one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and a novel for young readers. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0345531981
• ISBN 13: 9780345531988
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384