What We're Reading: Alice

Ford County: Stories by John Grisham

In his very first collection of short stories published this month John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel from 1989, A Time to Kill.

Featuring a cast of characters you'll never forget, from wheelchair-bound Inez Graney whose youngest son is on death row, to Gilbert, a brilliant stalker of the seniors he professes to love while posing as a lowly bedpan boy at the Quiet Haven Retirement Home, the stories shine with wit, wisdom and heart.

Entering short story territory can be a risky business for a novelist but Grisham's brilliant collection only serves to remind us what a great storyteller he is and has been these twenty years.

Check out John Grisham's other works such as The Pelican Brief (his third novel and my personal favorite) or The Client, The Partner, Skipping Christmas, The Appeal, or his nonfiction triumph, The Innocent Man.