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| Title | : | The Broker |
| Author | : | John Grisham |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 422 pages |
| Published | : | September 26th 2006 by Delta (first published January 10th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Mystery |
John Grisham
Paperback | Pages: 422 pages Rating: 3.78 | 79732 Users | 2805 Reviews
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In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system.Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive, there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is, who will kill him?
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| Original Title: | The Broker |
| ISBN: | 0385340540 (ISBN13: 9780385340540) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Joel Backman |
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Put yourself in a new country, state, city and do not know a soul, the language, where you are. Now try to keep out of sight from those watching you....wee...the ride is on and the writer keeps the words flowing so the pages keep turning. What a good book all the way through. I could not help but cheer Joel/Marco on.I finally found a Grisham novel that I don't remember reading before! The Broker, Joel Backman is in prison serving twenty years for a crime that he may or may not have committed. With fourteen still to go he is unexpectedly pardoned by the outgoing President and smuggled to a secret location in Europe. Then, the authorities of various countries sit back and monitor him as they wait to see who will get to him first.....This was a great read and kept me hooked until the end. The danger the main
First time reading one from John Grisham. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Will be looking for more!
If I wanted a tour guide for Italy or a tutorial on learning Italian, I would not go to John Grisham. Once we get past that nonsense, the book picks up and gets quite interesting. The ending left me wanting for more and wondering if Grisham has a sequel in the process for Joel Backman. 6 out of 10.
The Broker, John GrishamThe Broker is a suspense novel written by American author John Grisham and published in the United States on January 11, 2005. The novel follows the story of Joel Backman, a newly pardoned prisoner who had tried to broker a deal to sell the world's most powerful satellite surveillance system to the highest bidder. Joel Backman is "The Broker," a Washington power broker-lobbyist, considered by some to be one of the most powerful men in Washington. However, his life falls
It's OK. Not that bad, not that good either. The plot was promising, but I got bored along the way. Because it's Grisham, the characters are always interesting and the writing is always great. But my problem here was the pace. There were a lot of instances where I thought Grisham was beating around the bush. He was rather fond of the Italian culture and took lengths to explain quite a few things and that would have been nice if this was a book about Italy. But, this is an espionage thriller of
This is probably my favourite of Grisham's books, despite a smattering of sentimental cliches that make me desire to inspect the brains of some fairly central characters with a fire poker. The worst one: (She:) "Have I offended you?"(He:) "You could smile more."She nodded slightly and her eyes were instantly moist. She looked away, through the window, and said, "I have so little to smile about."This type of thing, along with the rhythm (wretched) of most of his prose convinces me that Grisham
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