{"id":119942,"date":"2022-05-25T12:18:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=119942"},"modified":"2022-05-25T12:18:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:18:35","slug":"john-grishams-novella-sparring-partners-drops-may-31-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/john-grishams-novella-sparring-partners-drops-may-31-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"John Grisham\u2019s Novella “Sparring Partners” Drops May 31, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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New York Times<\/em><\/strong> bestselling author John Grisham<\/strong> is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but America\u2019s favorite storyteller has several surprises in store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homecoming<\/em><\/strong> takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham\u2019s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he\u2019s not in the courtroom. He\u2019s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again\u2014until now. Now Mack is back, and he\u2019s leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Strawberry Moon<\/em><\/strong>, we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers can\u2019t save him, the courts slam the door, and the governor says no to a last-minute request for clemency. As the clock winds down, Cody has one final request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, the Sparring Partners <\/em><\/strong>are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, two successful young lawyers who inherited a once-prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. Kirk and Rusty loathe each other, and speak to each other only when necessary. As the firm disintegrates, the resulting fiasco falls into the lap of Diantha Bradshaw, the only person the partners trust. Can she save the Malloys, or does she take a stand for the first time in her career and try to save herself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By turns suspenseful, hilarious, powerful, and moving, these are three of the greatest stories John Grisham has ever told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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