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| Categories | Mysytery, Thrillers & Suspense |
| Author | John Grisham |
| Publisher | Anchor (June 17, 2013) |
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 62 pages |
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I. Book introduction
“Fetching Raymond: A Story from the Ford County Collection” A riveting story of suspense from John Grisham’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Ford County—now available as a standalone eBook short
Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit the youngest Graney brother, Raymond, who’s been locked away on death row for eleven years . . . and it could well be their last visit. Going back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill, Grisham brings the Graneys and their world to vivid and colorful life, making it abundantly clear why he is our most popular storyteller.
Includes an excerpt from John Grisham’s classic thriller, A Time to Kill
Editorial Reviews
Praise for John Grisham and Ford County
- “Grisham is an absolute master.”—The Washington Post
- “Ford County is the best writing John Grisham has ever done.”—Pat Conroy
- “Sharp, lean [tales] . . . full of tacit suspense . . . Grisham knows how to make himself eminently readable.”—The New York Times Book Review
- “Grisham shows off his literary chops: He can do wry, emotional, funny, serious.”—USA Today
- “Intrigue and sorrow fuel these fine tales. . . . Each wins you over in surprising ways.”—People
- “Never let it be said this man doesn’t know how to spin a good yarn.”—Entertainment Weekly
- “Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing today.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
About John Grisham
John Grisham (born February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas) is an American novelist, lawyer and former member of the 7th district of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his popular legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 28 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling, Grisham is one of only three authors to have sold two million copies on a first printing.
Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practised criminal law for about a decade and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990.
Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it. Grisham’s first bestseller, The Firm, sold more than seven million copies. The book was adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise, and a 2012 TV series which continues the story ten years after the events of the film and novel. Seven of his other novels have also been adapted into films:
- The Chamber,
- The Client,
- A Painted House,
- The Pelican Brief,
- The Rainmaker,
- The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas.
Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.
When he’s not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.
John Girsham lives on a farm in central Virginia.
II. Reviewer: Fetching Raymond
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1. SHIRLEY BROADHEAD reviews for Fetching Raymond
I could not put it down waiting to see what more was coming from Raymond! The mom was so naive that anything Raymond told her she believed ! He was a prolific liar and he didn’t get that way over night .
I felt sorry for Leon ,he had pulled himself out of the pits and turned his life around . However,the brothers never tried to better themselves. Mother still expected him to send money to to the one in prison each month . That was ridiculous . That was like a reward ,Raymond had a huge amount of money when he died . All he ever talked to the family about was MONEY !
2. CAROLETEX reviews for Fetching Raymond
It took a while to figure out what was going on – but isn’t that typical John Grisham! This man is a gifted writer and makes you feel as if you are an eye witness to the scene, but one who doesn’t know all the facts. Since I hadn’t read about the book, I had no idea what the subject matter was – only that it was written by Grisham, one of my favorites. Consequently, I was halfway through the book before I realized what was happening. The story was fascinating, funny, sad – and too short. I was really getting “into” the story and the characters when it ended abruptly. But it was a really good read while it lasted.
3. ALANL reviews for Fetching Raymond
The story depicts the reality that people who manipulate and control family dynamics don’t have to be rich, powerful and necessarily physically beautiful. There are ways to control friends or family members by simply being audacious and larger than life. Raymond was that character. His Mother adored him because he was glib and knew how to push her buttons well enough that regardless of what she gave him it was never enough. His brothers hated him for his control of their Mother who showered him with all of her love all of his miserable duplicitous life until there was nothing left for them. I enjo
4. FRED reviews for Fetching Raymond
Raymond Graney(41) killed Deputy Coy Childers & is on death row for 11 years. His family arrives for the execution day, Inez(mom) & brothers – Butch & Leon. He has asked for many new lawyers & Continuances.
When taken to the “gas chamber” he finally admits shooting Childers. “Fetching Raymond” for burial in “Ford County” by the family is complete – with no town grief/attendance.
I love many of Grisham’s that were turned into a movie.
This is one were Movie Producers could make a great movies with the initial crime followed by the prison hardships ending with an emotional scene of admitting the crime & no grievance to his death.
5. MATT reviews for Fetching Raymond
Grisham takes the reader back to where it all began, Ford County, Mississippi, for this tale of a family on a journey they don’t want to make. As the Graneys make their way to Parchman Penitentiary, they begin to speak about their son and brother, Raymond, whose life on death row was filled with many interesting happenings. From his discovery of the dictionary and the language nuances that brings to the multiple conversions of faith and his requirement of a monthly stipend for costs unknown. The journey, in a carpet van, has the reader feeling as though they are another member of the family, fully read-in to the happenings that led to this death row placement and potential execution. Grisham details the family’s journey there and time with Ray Graney as he files his legal briefs in hopes of finding his way home. Not all stories can have the happy ending of fairytales, no matter whose at the literary helm.
Great work, Mr. Grisham. I remember this story in the FORD COUNTY collection years ago and find it to be one of the best of the batch. Your abilities never cease to amaze me.
6. MICHAEL TURASHOFF reviews for Fetching Raymond
Another extremely enjoyable tale from one of the greatest story tellers of our time. However, silly me, I didn’t read that part that said this was a short story so I guess the book had a real surprise ending in store for me LOL.
I did enjoy the tale and would recommend it to anyone who wants a great page burner with humor, sadness and characters that jump right off the page they are so real and believable.
7. PATTI reviews for Fetching Raymond
I thoroughly enjoyed this trip back to Ford County.
His characters are always well written; his descriptions are spot on. I could see the smoke filled van, the contempt on Butch’s face, the weary resignation on Leon’s face, the heartbreak and sorrow on Inez’s face.
He really has a way with words, even though some of his novels use a few too many. 🙂
8. TWICEBAKED reviews for Fetching Raymond
Not sure what the person was smoking when they wrote the description but it’s wrong. It’s far from suspenseful, and the road trip isn’t really mentioned at all and especially not bizarre and both brothers know it’s their last.
This was a hilarious story, I was holding a sleeping baby while reading it and I was shaking so hard he kept waking up – there’s no way you can’t read this without laughing at least once, it’s hysterical. There is no love lost between the three brothers and everyone knows it. The only thing I don’t like is the accent, and the constant “y’all”, but I guess that’s what it’s like in Mississippi and it didn’t detract from the story at all.
5 stars for being the funniest short story I’ve probably ever read, 100% will read again someday!
9. ELIZABETH reviews for Fetching Raymond
This shortcut story (Ford County) was quite good. The Graney’s are a dysfunctional family, Leon, Butch and Raymond are habitual offenders and have been in and out of prison their Father has long gone from their lives.
They borrow a van and Inez who is wheel chair bound and her two sons, Leon and Butch drive to the prison where her youngest sibling, Raymond has been serving an eleven year sentence and is to be executed.
Raymond is like a Walter Mitty type of character he imagines that he has a whole team of lawyers ready to stage a last minute stay of execution but there has only every been the one lawyer. He also claims to have wrote numerous books but no publisher will publish them. He has a girlfriend called Tallulah whom he met via letter she was from one of the abolitionist groups and he had plans to marry her which never panned out.
10. SHIRLEY BROARDHEAD reviews for Fetching Raymond
I could not put it down waiting to see what more was coming from Raymond! The mom was so naive that anything Raymond told her she believed ! He was a prolific liar and he didn’t get that way over night .
I felt sorry for Leon ,he had pulled himself out of the pits and turned his life around . However,the brothers never tried to better themselves. Mother still expected him to send money to to the one in prison each month . That was ridiculous . That was like a reward ,Raymond had a huge amount of money when he died . All he ever talked to the family about was MONEY !
III. Fetching Raymond Quotes
The best book quotes from Fetching Raymond by John Grisham
“From the beginning of their careers as thieves, the Graney boys were hounded by an obnoxious deputy named Coy Childers.”
“Raymond had been born with a vivid imagination, a quick tongue, and an innate inability to tell the truth.”
“Fitch was an assistant warden of some variety, a career prison employee whose dead-end job was brightened only by an escape or an execution.”
“With practice, most unpleasant tasks become bearable, and Inez Graney had learned to look forward to the visits.”
“she would miss something important. The letters drained her. The lyrics put her to sleep. The novels produced migraines. The poetry could not be penetrated. She wrote back twice a week, without fail, because if she neglected her youngest by even a day or so, she could expect a torrent of abuse, a four-pager or maybe a five-pager with”
“a horse eatin’ corn,” Butch piled on instantly. Raymond”
“crime? No, he was not. He insisted he knew nothing”
Excerpted from Fetching Raymond by John Grisham
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