THE SUMMONS

Grisham, John

ISBN 10: 0385503822 / ISBN 13: 9780385503822

Published by Doubleday, 2002

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Available is a SIGNED 1st ed/1st prtg, w/ complete numberline to "1", of THE SUMMONS by JOHN GRISHAM. Published in 2002 by Doubleday, book and mylar protected dust jacket are AS NEW. Original price of $27.95 intact. The author has signed w/out inscription on FFEP. Comes complete w/ flyer from signing event at Lemuria Books in Oxford, MS as well as a store brochure from the same establishment. A magnificent copy, SIGNED.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE SUMMONS
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385503822
• ISBN 13: 9780385503822
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A father’s sudden death leaves one of his sons holding a dangerous secret in this masterful thriller from “a legal literary legend” (USA Today).

“A pleasure to read . . . a good yarn.”—The Washington Post

A pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years, Judge Atlee is now a shadow of his former self—a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi.

Knowing that the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. Ray Atlee is the elder, a Virginia law professor, newly single, still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. Forrest is Ray’s younger brother, the family’s black sheep.

The summons 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 he now prefers 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 to someone else.

About the Author

John Grisham is the author of numerous #1 bestsellers, including The Firm, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Innocent Man, The Whistler, The Boys from Biloxi, and many more. His books have been translated into nearly fifty languages. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system. He lives on a farm in central Virginia.