The Summons (John Grisham)
by John Grisham
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Author: John GrishamReader: Michael Beck
Edition: Audio Cassette
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2002-02-05
ISBN: 0553528912
Publisher: Random House Audio
Book Reviews of The Summons (John Grisham)
Book Review: After Twists & Turns comes one engrossing plot with surprise end
Summary: 4 Stars
I have read several Grisham book about legal-eagles but none so engrossing and intriguing as this One! I got bogged down a few times in his description of places and persons, yet all-in-all it kept me reading rapidly until I came to his lengthy but surprising end! After slowing down to postpone the ending, I sort of expected somewhat the final end! I was still surprised.
I am also surprised at the variety of opinions expressed in the reviews. Grateful that I stuck it out even learning a bit about his unique style of writing! Retired Chaplain Fred W Hood
Summary of The Summons (John Grisham)
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 fortune in cash Ray discovers hidden in the old man's house--$3 million he can't account for and doesn't mention to brother Forrest, either.Ray's efforts to keep his find a secret, figure out where it came from, and hide it from a nameless extortioner, who seems to know more about it than he does, culminate in a denouement with an almost biblical twist. It's a slender plot to hang a thriller on, and in truth it's not John Grisham's best in terms of pacing, dramatic tension, and interesting characters (except for Harry Rex, a country lawyer who was the judge's closest friend and in many ways is the father Ray wishes he'd had. He's so vivid he jumps off the page). But Grisham's legions of fans are likely to enjoy The Summons even if it lacks the power of some of his classic earlier books, like The Firm, The Brethren, and The Testament. --Jane Adams
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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