The Summons
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The Summons

by John Grisham

2002•Legal•378 pages

Taste attributes: legalmysterythrillerdramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadscomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeAn intimate legal drama, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

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3.4 / 5

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About This Book

John Grisham's bestselling backlist repackaged with fantastic new coversRay Atlee is a professor of law at the university of Virginia who is forty-three and newly single. He has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi; a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for many years and is now a recluse.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

LegalMysteryThrillerDramaSolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leadsComplex relationship

Subjects

Mississippi in fictionMysteryMurder-Mississippi-FictionSuspenseLegal storiesBrothersInheritance and successionTennessee

Details

Author
John Grisham
Published
2002
Pages
378
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