one of my favorites was far from a courtroom drama. I liked Playing for Pizza about football in Italy---maybe it was because of all the mouthwatering descriptions of Italian food.
This past week's read, Sycamore Row, was a result of an e-Audio book available from the public library for last weekend's road trip to my 50th class reunion in Kentucky,
Though I can languish with law research and lengthy litigation, much of this was helped by the reader, who was excellent. If I had been reading from the book, I might have done some scanning. Like most of Grisham's books which I have read, this one has some profanity.This one also had a lot of racial tension with references and a few of the characters from his previous story of retribution and justice, 1998's A Time to Kill, namely Clanton, MS attorney, Jake Brigance.
The plot: A wealthy white man hangs himself in a very deliberate and planned fashion. There is no question about his death, but there are a lot of questions about his estate. Days before his suicide, he changed his will, cut off his children and grandchildren and left the bulk of his estate to his black housekeeper/nurse. So begins a rather long story.
Maybe not Grisham at his finest but his die-hard fans will like it.
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