Summons

Ray Atlee, a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, is forty-three and newly single. His father, a very sick old man who lives the life of a recluse in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi, was once a beloved and powerful official who towered over local law and politics for many years.

Ray Atlee, profesor de drept la Universitatea din Virginia, are patruzeci si trei de ani si este proaspat singur. Tatal sau, un batran foarte bolnav, care traieste viata unui reclus in casa ancestrala din Clanton, Mississippi, a fost candva un oficial iubit si puternic, care a dominat legea si politica locala timp de multi ani.