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Short stories show a valiant effort from Grisham

Source: USA Today
Memphis : TN : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Give the king of the legal thriller credit for expanding his literary range. Today, Ford County , John Grisham 's first collection of short stories, hits stores. In these seven tales, all set in a fictional Mississippi county, Grisham tries to create a textured portrait of a complicated...
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  • News Source: USA Today | about 1 month ago
    Give the king of the legal thriller credit for expanding his literary range. Today, Ford County , John Grisham 's first collection of short stories, hits stores. In these seven tales, all set in a fictional Mississippi county, Grisham tries to create...
  • News Source: International Herald Tribune | about 1 month ago
    John Grisham had some story ideas that he didn’t think could sustain full-length narrative...Was anyone at Doubleday going to argue with that? Mr. Grisham took seven of his unused plot ideas and turned each of them into a sharp, lean tale free of...
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  • Blog Source: www.johngrishamonline.com
    “Ford County” is Mr. Grisham's only short-story collection. That doesn't mean he's put his novelistic instincts aside. This book begins on a light note and ends with a teary one; in between it's full of tacit suspense that hinges on the bending,
  • Blog Source: elegant.me
    Books of The Times: Bite-Size Legal Trouble and Suspense. Mr. Grisham took seven of his unused plot ideas and turned each of them into a sharp, lean tale free of subplots and padding. November 2nd, 2009 at 6:20 am ...
  • Blog Source: beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com
    Bite-Size Legal Trouble and Suspense. Janet Maslin, New York Times,. Published: November 1, 2009. John Grisham had some story ideas that he didn't think could sustain full-length narrative. So he did what he customarily does: whatever ...
  • Blog Source: www.adamwnuszloch.com
    Written by John Grisham. Category: Fiction - Suspense; Format: Hardcover, 384 pages; On Sale: January 27, 2009; Price: $27.95; ISBN: 978-0-385-51783-6 (0-385-51783-1). If you thought Mitch McDeere was in trouble in The Firm, ...
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