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Grisham is very acute indeed on how the best of intentions lead Ray not to any significant crime or atrocity but to quietly unconscionable behaviour. And then he realises he is being followed... Grisham can build suspense out of remarkably little and has a real gift for understanding the quiet anxieties of an ordinary man. --Roz Kaveney -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
Ray's efforts to keep his find a secret, figure out where it came from, and hide it from a nameless extortioner, who seems to know more about it than he does, culminate in a denouement with an almost biblical twist. It's a slender plot to hang a thriller on, and in truth it's not John Grisham's best in terms of pacing, dramatic tension, and interesting characters (except for Harry Rex, a country lawyer who was the judge's closest friend and in many ways is the father Ray wishes he'd had. He's so vivid he jumps off the page). But Grisham's legions of fans are likely to enjoy The Summons even if it lacks the power of some of his classic earlier books, like The Firm, The Brethren, and The Testament. --Jane Adams -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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Jedoch möchte ich die Pluspunkte hervorheben: Gut ausgearbeitete Charaktere: Der "Held" der Geschichte wandelt sich vom zufriedenen Professor an der Uni (mit 160.000 US-D Jahresgehalt!), der einen Audi TT (!) fährt und Beck's Bier trinkt, zum geldgierigen Raffer. Sein glück- und erfolgloser Bruder, das schwarze Schaf der Familie, das zum Ende noch für eine Überraschung sorgt, der kleine Südstaaten-Rechtsanwalt, der megareiche und entsprechend großkotzige Superanwalt ... Interessante Einblicke in das tägliche Leben im Deep South, gut erzählt, oft witzig und/oder nachdenklich.
Grisham bemüht sich, vom Klischee des simplen "Thriller" Schreiber wegzukommen, und als ernsthafter Schriftsteller anerkannt zu werden. Und ich muß sagen, mir gefallen seine letzten Romane auch ausnehmend gut, um einiges besser als die 08/15 Romane wie "Die Firma", "Die Akte" etc.
Aber, leider, wie gesagt, es fehlt irgendetwas in diesem Roman, der sicher kein "Pageturner" im üblichen (Grisham-)Sinne ist.
You can do better, Mr. Grisham !
Ray Atlee, a professor at the Virginia School of Law, is summarily summoned home to Mississippi by his cancer-ridden father, a former state Chancery Judge. Ol' Dad has never been close to Ray or his younger brother, Forrest. Both call him "Judge". On arrival back at the decaying, family mansion, Ray finds the old man peacefully dead on a sofa. In obvious view is a recently written will naming Ray the estate executor. Both sons are to split the estate's assets even-steven. There isn't much, though, beyond the house and $6,000 in the bank. Mississippi doesn't pay its judges much, and Judge Atlee was famously generous to any and all charities and good causes.
So, how about that 3.1 million dollars - cash - stashed in a bookcase behind the sofa, huh? That'll buy a lot of Moon Pies and Yoo-hoo.
To call THE SUMMONS a thriller is an overstatement. The action, such as it is, proceeds at a sedate pace as Ray shuttles back and forth between Virginia, Mississippi, and New Jersey and grapples with the questions:
1. Where did the money come from?
2. Is the cash marked, or counterfeit?
3. Should he share it with Forrest?
4. Does anyone else know he has it?
Ray decides almost immediately not to declare the money as part the Judge's estate, or share it with his brother, a chronic substance abuser who's been in and out of rehab for twenty years. After all, Forrest would only kill himself with so much wealth, wouldn't he? The reader also learns early on that at least one other is aware of the horde when Ray receives an anonymous note cautioning him not to spend the windfall, and that the IRS is only a phone call away.
THE SUMMONS is basically a morality play about the consequences of banal greed. I say banal because Ray is excruciatingly ordinary, and his decisions regarding the cash stash are probably the same ones you or I would make under similar circumstances.
Until the last twenty pages or so, I was disinclined to award more than three stars. However, author John Grisham closes with a twist that, while not one that elicits an "Oh, wow!", at least satisfyingly makes the point that what goes around comes around and poetic justice is occasionally served (at least in fiction).
Nicht nur für Grisham-Fans ein interessanter Roman, der bis zum Ende spannend und absolut kurzweilig ist!
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