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John Grisham (Author)
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Publication Date: 27 May 2010

Worldwide No.1 bestseller John Grisham takes you into the heart of America's Deep South with a collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County: a place of harsh beauty where broken dreams and final wishes converge.

From a hard-drinking, downtrodden divorce lawyer looking for pay-dirt, to a manipulative death row inmate with one last plea, Ford County features a vivid cast of attorneys, crooks, hustlers, and convicts. Through their stories he paints a unique picture of lives lived and lost in Mississippi.

Completely gripping, frequently moving and always entertaining, Ford County brims with the same page-turning quality and heart-stopping drama of his previous bestsellers, and is proof once more why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller.

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow (27 May 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099545780
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099545781
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.1 x 19.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 10,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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"Ford County is the best writing John Grisham has ever done."
--Pat Conroy


"John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we've got."
"--The New York Times Book Review

" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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75 of 77 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection 9 Nov 2009
By Kevan James
Format:Hardcover
I'm not a huge follower of John Grisham's novels (I enjoyed the first few but haven't read any since "The Client") but always enjoyed his depictions of the southern states of America, so a series of stories set in Ford County appealed to me.

What was pretty much an impulse purchase (based partly on the colourful cover!) is possibly the best book I've read this year! 7 short stories linked by location, featuring lots of black humour, some wonderfully drawn characters, and some of the most heart rending writing I've read in years.

Marvellous stuff - I can't recommend it highly enough.
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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping southern tales 13 Nov 2009
By Bad Bear
Format:Hardcover
Not a novel, but a series of short stories set in and around Mississippi's fictional Ford County. A few of them concern the misadventures of small-town lawyers, but overall John Grisham presents a greater diversity of characters and situations than in any of his previous works. His writing style is as compelling as ever, and the pages turn quickly, though not all the stories have a twist in the tail. A good read.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Short stories 7 Nov 2010
By Blackbeard
Format:Paperback
It has been a long time since I've read a John Grisham book. I read all of his earlier books back in the day, without realizing at the time that they were all of his first books, and I remember liking them, but my tastes have changed quite a bit since then. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by this book of short stories, as it was immediately obvious that he still has talent as a writer. I liked the first story the best by far, and even though I wouldn't say that things went downhill from there, none of the other ones interested me quite as much, and there was also less humour than in the first. I can't think of any particular reason why anyone wouldn't like this, so why not give it a try?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Moving collection of stories
I was not sure quite what to expect from this collection. I guess I expected the usual fare of legal stories, but I got something quite different. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Grishams Back On Form At The Roots Of Southern America
Really well written, vivid, highly descriptive without being over stylised look at the Southern States of America through a series of short stories that are engaging, believable... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Michael Desmond
3.0 out of 5 stars short stories
It is a shame that they are short stories.
But as usual you get addicted to the writting and suddenly it finishes.
Still a remarkable storyteller
Published 9 months ago by azerty
5.0 out of 5 stars Hugely enjoyable
I concur with the 5* praise.- its the only book of his that I have ever read, took it on holiday in North Wales and was transported in the gaps between activities to the South of... Read more
Published 10 months ago by oneleggedpig
3.0 out of 5 stars A collection of unbelievable characters in strange situations
John Grisham's first collection of short stories set in and around his fictional town of Clanton is a mixed bag of generally depressing tales which seem further from life as I know... Read more
Published 10 months ago by J. R. Johnson-Rollings
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly entertaining
John Grisham always writes a good story and to have a selection of stories in one book is wonderful. I did so enjoy it.
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. A. Robinson
2.0 out of 5 stars And then.....nothing happened.
I should warn fans of Grisham's thrillers, that this is not a thriller. It is a collection of short stories set in "Ford County" and are mainly character studies, stories that... Read more
Published 11 months ago by N. Brett
2.0 out of 5 stars Am I missing something?
All the 4 and 5 star reviews made me wonder if I was reading a different book.

Sorry but this was boring boring boring. Read more
Published 11 months ago by M. Fisher
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful short stories of life in the rural Deep South.
After finishing this book, I can honestly say that the last few reviews about it do not give it much credit and that is a real shame. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Cynthia Danute Cekauskas, LCSW
5.0 out of 5 stars Ford County
Again obtained in hardback, I enjoyed the 7 "short storys" in this book ,and found them captivating, comical, and heart rendering. All good stuff. Read and enjoy. Read more
Published 13 months ago by David
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