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John Grisham
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Pages: 320 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1846057302
Pub: Century
Pub date: 2010-02-04
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2378
Editorial Review:
When you are as securely at the top of the publishing tree (as John Grisham is), the temptation to simply relax and coast must be ever-present. But canny authors know that such laxity is not advisable if you don’t want your fan base to haemorrhage. And it’s clear that John Grisham – despite a few missteps recently (such as the period when he ill-advisedly let his born-again Christianity seep through into his novels), has tried to keep his writing fresh and vital. Ford County represents Grisham’s first foray into a form he has not tackled before, the short story, and it’s a challenging task (with the ghosts of such great American short story writers as F Scott Fitzgerald ever-hovering over the shoulder of any writer who attempts the form). But the range of subjects and characters tackled here is ambitious. The unexciting Sidney, an insurance company data collector, finesses his abilities at blackjack to take on the star player of a casino empire; the invalid Inez Graney and her two sons undertake a daunting odyssey to meet a relative who has been on death row for eleven years; three Ford County rednecks set out to give blood to an injured friend, but wind up in a Memphis strip joint. As these three stories (from a total of seven) suggest, John Grisham is clearly eager to spread his wings as a writer, and deal with more quirky areas of characterisation than he has tackled before. Some readers may wish that he had stayed in his familiar legal thriller territory, but real Grisham admirers will welcome this ambitious move. As in any short story collection, some entries are more successful than others, but everything here demonstrates solid accomplishment. --Barry Forshaw
Reader Reviews:
very good short stories v good holiday read. (0/0 people found this helpful)
I found this book very nice to read. It would be a good read for holidays or travel as you can read a whole story at one go.I would recommend it.
Great Grisham (1/1 people found this helpful)
John Grisham may not go down as one of the greats in the history of American literature. He is not a Mark Twain , a Steinbeck , a Hemingway , but boy can he tell a good story .
In Ford County we get 7 such gripping stories running to about 45 pages each . Short , but long enough to get the reader completely involved with the various heroes and villains. Grisham demonstrates here his unique skill to invent exciting , captivating plots populated with quirky yet totally believable characters. Each story throws up a different aspect of " lawyerin' " to keep you interested to the very last page of the last tale .
A mixed bag (0/0 people found this helpful)
Ford County
A good holiday read. A mixture of emotions created in the usual Grisham style. I thought that a couple of the stories were rather weak.
Very good read (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is a very good read for his fans.I'm usually not a lover of short stories, but these stories inter-link with each other, and make enjoyable reading.I'm glad i bought the book, i am not diappointed.
love it (0/0 people found this helpful)
Still reading it so far so good, Grisham cracks me up i love his sense of humour.
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