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Sycamore Row (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by John Grisham (Author), Michael Beck (Narrator)

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Listening Length: 20 hours and 46 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Audible.co.uk Release Date: 22 Oct 2013
Language: English
ASIN: B00FXJRW9A

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For almost a quarter of a century, John Grisham's A Time to Kill has captivated readers and listeners with its raw exploration of race, retribution, and justice. Now, its hero, Jake Brigance, returns to the courtroom in a dramatic showdown as Ford County again confronts its tortured history. Filled with the intrigue, suspense and plot twists that are the hallmarks of the world's favourite storyteller, Sycamore Row is the thrilling story of the elusive search for justice in a small American town.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Much Back on Form 30 Oct 2013

By C. E. Utley TOP 1000 REVIEWER

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John Grisham keeps veering between writing exceptionally bad books for children (the Theodore Boone series) and outstandingly good legal thrillers for adults. This comes into the latter category.

We were first introduced to Jake Brigance, an idealistic and very poor lawyer, in A Time to Kill. He is still practising law in a small town in the deep south of America. Things are not going all that well for him. After his triumph in the murder trial which featured in A Time to Kill, the Klan has burned down his house and he, his wife and young daughter are living in reduced circumstances. The insurance company is refusing to pay for his destroyed house. Work (or paying work) is almost non-existent. The outlook is pretty bleak.

Then something happens. Seth Hubbard, an elderly (white) man in the final stages of lung cancer commits suicide, by hanging himself. The day before doing that he writes out a new will naming his black housekeeper as principal beneficiary and specifically excluding his children and grandchildren. He posts the will to Jake, whom he has never met, and charges him with the duty of championing it. Though no one realised it during his life time, Seth was a very rich man. His estate is worth more than $20M.

Seth's rather disagreeable son and daughter decide, not surprisingly, to challenge the will. They, in a rather quaint American phrase, "lawyer up". Before too many days have passed the town's court house is packed with greedy lawyers, all on contingency fees, who are determined to prove that Seth didn't know what he was doing when he left his vast fortune to a black servant.

It would be wrong to say more about the plot, save that the end is entirely predictable (and none the worse for that). Read more ›

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Middle should have been edited 26 Dec 2013

By MR O HUTCHINGS

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A good continuation of A Time to Kill but overly long. A little bit of editing would have sorted this

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Umm, not sure. 21 Dec 2013

By Herman Muttongleuber

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Of course, I expect legal terms,and legal explanations, in any John Grisham book; but, sadly, I feel the legal lessons are taking over from the fiction in his novels of late. I feel that this book could have been cut by at least 25% (making it a more enjoyable read) by omitting a heck of a lot of the irrelevant legal jargon.
Sorry, John, I wanted a thriller, not a lesson in law. Never mind, I'm sure his next one will make up for this; hopefully.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars He does itagain 23 Jan 2014

By Alexander Bryce TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE VOICE

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What can one say about Mr. Grisham that has not been said before. He writes great stories that pull you in from the first page and keep you there until the last. This is no exception: where there's a will there's a family and if the inheritance is big enough more lawyers than you can shake a stick at . Did old Seth know what he was doing when his hand written will cut out his family and left his vast fortune to his housekeeper and carer Lettie who was a black lady. Even in this 1980s Mississippi his final action stirred up racial resentment.
Mr.G documents the lawyers wheeling and dealing expertly and keeps the readers interest alive throughout the court proceedings.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent page-turner with plenty to think about 21 Dec 2013

By A Common Reader TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE VOICE

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I've not read a John Grisham novel for a very long time but was tempted by his new book Sycamore Row which is a sequel to his very first book published in 1989, A Time to Kill. In the first novel we see young attorney Jake Brignance defending Carl Lee Hailey, who has murdered two white racists who have raped and terribly injured his ten-year old daughter. Jake takes on Carl Lee's defence but as a result, the Mississippi Ku Klux Klan pursue a vendetta against him, leading to Jake being shot at and his house and property torched. A Time to Kill made John Grisham's name as a crime writer unafraid to tackle the most inflammatory topics and he has had a hugely successful career as a result, publishing about 30 best-selling novels.

It has taken John Grisham 25 years to return to Ford County but the events described in it happened only three years on from those in A Time to Kill. We find ourselves in 1989 and Jake is now living with his family in poor rented accommodation while he tries to get adequate insurance compensation for the arson attack on his home. While he has won general acclaim for his work in the Hailey trial, it has not brought him success among the highly conservative population who tend to employ more established legal firms for advice and litigation.

The book opens with an employee of a local businessman, Seth Hubbard, being told to meet his boss one Sunday afternoon. The employee finds Seth hanging by the neck from a sycamore tree on his estate. He has been suffering from terminal lung cancer which has become too painful to bear and he has ended his life quickly but shockingly. The next morning, a letter arrives in Jake Brignance's office from the dead man, instructing him to take care of his affairs and containing a new hand-written will which renounces an earlier will drawn up by a respected legal firm.

Brigance opens the letter and reads that Mr. Hubbard has written a new holographic will that renounces one he wrote a year ago in which he had left money to his daughter and son as well as their grandchildren. Now, his children are cut out of the will and 90% of his money is left to his black housekeeper, Lettie Lang, who has served him so faithfully over the last few years.

As Jake predicts while reading the letter, an almighty legal battle is going to be fought over the new will. Was Seth competent to make it or did his lung cancer and the pain-killing drugs he was taking effect his mind so badly that he didn't know what he was doing? Did Lettie have exercise and undue influence over Seth in his dying days, perhaps even earlier on in their relationship by offering sexual favours? There is no doubt that every affected party is going to recruit lawyers to represent them, while Jake will have to stand alone as defender of the will and Seth's right to make whatever bequests he wished.

This is a long and convoluted story. As Jake expected, Seth's children recruit powerful teams of lawyers to represent them, while Lettie herself finds a black lawyer from Chicago who seems to have the get up and go to stand against these southern vested interests and racial prejudice. At least Jake has the comfort of knowing that the judge in the case is going to be the elderly Reuben Atlee who seems to be well aware of the trickiness that will be employed by the other lawyers in their efforts to rake off huge fees from any sums awarded to their clients.

While most of Grisham's books have had vast commercial success and were perhaps designed to do so, his motivation in writing A Time to Kill was around having a story to tell which he had to put down on paper. In Sycamore Row, this same motivation burns through the pages and has led to a novel which would stand as a masterpiece for any writer. Read more ›

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring..... 13 Dec 2013

By V. JOHNSON

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After reading many John Grisham books over the years....I think he has lost his direction with this book. All one big yawn about lawyers experiences. I was bored very quickly with it but stuck it out to the end.

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness he went back to Jake. 27 Oct 2013

By Mrs. Susan Lowe

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I've read all of John Grisham's books and I still think "Time to Kill" was his best. This one revisits the history of the deep South and a man's need to do the right thing. A good, honest yarn. Welcome back, Mr Gresham.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Old friends return.

Nice to see what happened to Jake and catch up with other characters.

Had to reread original book first though.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's John Grisham so bound to be good

I have always enjoyed John Grisham except for the one about American Football, and this one did not disappoint me.

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