учебный год 2023 / CompositionCasino

Mezhidov Ramzan

Group 101(B).

Casino

(By John Grisham).

Popular novelist John Grisham (born 1955) is the author of several thrillers that have been made into blockbuster films. His works, which center around the legal profession, include "A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Client", and "The Pelican Brief".

It is no understatement that John Grisham has achieved the status of what Entertainment Weekly called "a genuine pop-culture demigod." His have shared unprecedented weeks - and months - on best-seller lists, have numbered more than 60 million in print across the world, and have been translated into 31 languages. Dubbed "grab-it-at-the-airport" novels, they have also made their author a multimillionaire; Grisham's income for the 1992-93 fiscal year alone was $25 million. Along with author Scott Turow, also a former practicing attorney, Grisham has been credited with mastering a genre: the fast-paced, plot-driven legal thriller that thrusts an unwitting, sympathetic hero or heroine in the middle of a corrupt conspiracy and provides them with the means to extricate themselves. Despite his seemingly untouchable success, Grisham still wants each novel he writes to improve upon the last. "Right now I could crank out anything, and it would sell, " he told the same source. "But I want the next to be better than the first five. That keeps me awake at night."

Ford County is a collection of novellas by John Grisham. His first collection of stories, it was published by Doubleday in the United States on November 3, 2009. The book contains 7 short stories: Blood Drive ; Fetching Raymond ; Fish Files ; Casino ; Michael's Room ; Quiet Haven ; Funny Boy.

We read a story called “Casino”. In this short text John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, telling about people of Clanton city. Stella is 48 years old and has been married for years to Sidney, a small-town accountant. She cannot remember why they fell in love in the first place and their lives have become dull with no romance or excitement. Sidney is distraught when Stella files for divorce. She leaves him, and their college-age daughter quickly sides with her mother, further damaging Sidney's psyche.

Bobby Carl Leach is the local playboy and hustler who owns numerous investments and has an infamous reputation. His latest idea is to manipulate the local history of Native Americans and its associated law of tribal affairs, claiming descent of the Yazoo tribe through his great-grandfather. A Yazoo activist from the county, Chief Larry, befriends Leach and agrees to enter into a deal to receive lots of land from Leach for his newly regrouped Yazoo Nation. In return, the land is largely developed as a casino under the protection of federal law, rendering it untouchable by outraged local and state authorities.

Stella, having just left the boring Sidney, falls in with Bobby Carl Leach and becomes his secretary as well as his girlfriend.

Sidney, meanwhile, distraught at losing Stella, tries to find her so he can win her back. Unable to find her, he idly begins gambling at the newly opened Yazoo casino and discovers that he has considerable talent at blackjack. Soon he is winning thousands of dollars nightly, and quits his job as an accountant to become a full-time, professional gambler. He discovers that Stella is with Leach and works at the local casino and, hatches a plan.

The first night, dressed as a wannabe biker, he wins $184,000 at blackjack and demands cash, which is reluctantly paid. He is, of course, asked to not return, which casinos are allowed to do. The second night, in a different disguise, he returns. Unrecognized, he gambles again, winning over $600,000. He is asked to leave and demands payment, giving them his real driver's license. The casino cannot pay his winnings and he sues.

The courts side with Sidney, and Leach and the casino have no choice but to pay up and declare bankruptcy. Stella, having been fired and dumped by Leach as soon as he found out that she was Sidney's ex-wife, begs Sidney to take her back. Reluctantly, he does so.

I think, that personality of Bobby Carl Leach is a good example for confirmation , that flippant attitude toward law sooner or later had to be punished. An absolute delight to read, I am not usually a short story reader, and was surprised this was, off course having read some Grisham's earlier and some sensational work, I was not sure if I was going to read it, glad I did.

He was able to take me to Ford County and give me a glimpse of what the people are like, as in every situation he portrays only a specific kind of family or person.