Thursday night, in addition to our normal critiquing of members' submissions, we discussed the story Blood Drive, part of John Grisham's latest book, a collection of short stories he has written. Many asked when he wrote them, wondering if he had been sitting on them for some time and implying that it was not polished. When asked what grade they would give it if they were professors, C and C+ were the two responses.
The story is a fairly simple one of three young men, ages 21 to 27, taking a road trip from Ford County, Mississippi, to Memphis to donate blood for a friend, Bailey, who was in the hospital due to a construction site accident. During the trip they drink beer and make pits stops, one an integral part of the story. Once they arrive in Memphis they stop at a strip club. Finally they head to a hospital, not knowing which of the seven in the city their friend is in. And though two of the three had gone to school with Bailey, they weren't sure if that was his first or last name. Odd.
Apropos title.
JOHN GRISHAM
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