Grisham returns to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his immensely popular first novel, "A Time to Kill." This wholly surprising collection reminds readers once again why Grisham is one of America's favorite storytellers.

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Grisham's (www.jgrisham.com) first collection of short stories, in which he returns to the Ford County, MS, setting of his first novel, A Time To Kill (1989)-also available from Books on Tape and Random Audio-proves his talent beyond the genre of legal thriller. The author himself reads, his Southern accent adding to the authenticity of the characters, including a data collector from an insurance company with an aptitude for blackjack, a man dying of AIDS, and a trio of misfits on a road trip to Memphis. These are just some of the quirky individuals whose stories Grisham expertly weaves together in a crazy-quilt style to create a picture of life in Ford County. Listeners will love it; highly recommended. [See Major Audio Releases, LJ 10/15/09; the Putnam hc, which was published in November 2009, was a New York Times, USA Today, and LJ best seller-the pb will publish in July 2010.-Ed.]-Theresa Stoner, St. Joseph Cty. P.L., South Bend, IN Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.

@lt;br@gt;"Grisham shows off his literary chops: He can do wry, emotional, funny, serious."@lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;USA Today@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt; @lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt;"The best writing John Grisham has ever done."@lt;br@gt;--Pat Conroy@lt;br@gt;@lt;u@gt; @lt;/u@gt;@lt;br@gt;"Terrifically charming . . . You absolutely can't stop reading."@lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;The Washington Post@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;i@gt;From the Trade Paperback edition.@lt;/i@gt;