• Ford County

  • Stories
  • By: John Grisham
  • Narrated by: John Grisham
  • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (1,445 ratings)

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Ford County

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: John Grisham
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Publisher's summary

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

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. It could well be their last visit.

Mack Stafford, a hard-drinking and low-grossing run-of-the-mill divorce lawyer gets a miracle phone call with a completely unexpected offer to settle some old, forgotten cases for more money than he has ever seen. Mack is suddenly bored with the law, fed up with his wife and his life, and makes drastic plans to finally escape.

Quiet, dull Sidney, a data collector for an insurance company, perfects his blackjack skills in hopes of bringing down the casino empire of Clanton's most ambitious hustler, Bobby Carl Leach, who, among other crimes, has stolen Sidney's wife.

Three good ol' boys from rural Ford County begin a journey to the big city of Memphis to give blood to a grievously injured friend. However, they are unable to drive past a beer store as the trip takes longer and longer.

The Quiet Haven Retirement Home is the final stop for the elderly of Clanton. It's a sad, languid place with little controversy, until Gilbert arrives. Posing as a lowly paid bedpan boy, he is in reality a brilliant stalker with an uncanny ability to sniff out the assets of those "seniors" he professes to love.

Clanton is rocked with the rumor that the gay son of a prominent family has finally come home, to die. Of AIDS. Fear permeates the town as gossip runs unabated.

Featuring a cast of characters you'll never forget, these stories bring Ford County to vivid and colorful life. Often hilarious, frequently moving, this collection makes it abundantly clear why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller.

©2009 Belfry Holdings, Inc (P)2009 Random House

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Mark Twain revisited.

I interrupted a reread of Mark Twain’s autobiography, listening to a few Grisham books. Somewhere among the tales of “Ford County” i sensed Twain’s ghost wafting from the stories.

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Great Listening to the Author

John Grisham's voice perfect for reading his own work! The slight accent is perfect for reading about a Mississippi county. I cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed this superb story teller tell his stories. John Grisham's voice is easy to listen to and I just want to listen to the stories over and over.

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Good Stories but John--don't quite your day job.

These are just stories & by 'just' I don't mean bad. I mean they are short stories & nothing deeper than that. They are good stories that I really enjoyed. However, John Grisham needs to still to writing the stories & leave the narrating to others. He is not an actor. Just about put me to sleep. He basically just reads--no inflection hardly--no distinctive differences in the characters voices. But I still love his writing.

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entertaining all the way

not one of grishams best, but I was never not interested. good collection

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ford county stories

john grisham; the best as always these short stories moved along with a nice beat kept you involved the whole time.

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John Grisham never fails to entertain

Wonderful short stories with narration more than enjoyable but entertaining for sure. All stories were told with a little humor making each colorful character unique.. I am never disappointed with a John Grisham novel.

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A wonderful return

Such a pleasure to revisit Clinton thru these touching stories wonderfully shared by the author with named references that bring the listener/reader back to memories of the other classic favorites connected to Ford County.

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Definitely Worth a Listen

Different than typical Grisham stories but just as enjoyable. If you like Grisham, you will like this collection.

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Incomparable!!!

John Grisham continues to be, in my opinion, one of the greatest American novelist that we are blessed to have. I dread the day that I will have read everything he has written. But I console myself with a plan to start rereading some of my favorites by him.

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Good stories, painful narration

John Grisham’s Clanton-based short stories were fun to listen to. I most enjoyed the first one about blood donation. It would have been even better if more of the Ford County cast had made appearances though. The narrators were pretty grating. I know they were trying to do a good job but the fake accents and the choppy diction detracted from the enjoyment

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