The Summons
of John Grisham (Goodreads Author)
Description
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 No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse.With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details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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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384 pages
- Publisher Delta
- Publication Date September 27th 2005
- First Publication 02/05/02
- Language English
- ISBN 9780385339599
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Clanton, Mississippi (United States)', 'Atlantic City, New Jersey (United States)', 'Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)']
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