The Summons by John Grisham
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 No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse.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 never takes place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray. And perhaps someone else . . .
Format: Hardback | 352 pages
Dimensions (cm): 24 x 16 x 3.3 | 664g
Publication Date: 01 Feb 2002
Publisher: The Random House Group
Imprint: Century Books
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0712684263
ISBN13: 9780712684262
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor (barely visible) scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket is included and in good condition (minor scuff marks along the edges). The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal Barely visible) creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.