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Sparring Partners by John Grisham
In Grisham’s first collection of novellas, law is a common thread. “Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of his stories. “Strawberry Moon,” features a young death row inmate three hours away from execution. The “Sparring Partners” are two brothers–successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison.
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