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Loading... The Firm: A Novel (original 1991; edition 2009)by John Grisham
Work detailsThe Firm by John Grisham (1991)
The Firm is John Grisham's second novel but his first widely recognized one. It is significant in that it established Grisham as a best-selling author suitable for vacation reading. See the movie instead. (  ) sturlington | May 16, 2013 |  I'm pretty sure this is the book where I realized that courtroom dramas are not for me. (  ) JG_IntrovertedReader | Apr 3, 2013 | RWListen | Apr 9, 2012 | Enjoyed tremendously! (  ) JaimiTaylor | Feb 23, 2012 | Grisham is a insight writer that was based on his law practice. I rate this as a exciting and fun read. ( ) phillund | Feb 8, 2012 | no reviews | add a review Is contained inThe Firm / The Pelican Brief by John Grisham The John Grisham Value Collection by John Grisham The Firm • Oscar • The Bailey Chronicles • Sea Lord by Editors of Reader's Digest The Client / The Firm by John Grisham The Pelican Brief / A Time to Kill / The Firm by John Grisham The Firm / A Time to Kill / The Pelican Brief / The Client by John Grisham The Chamber / Skipping Christmas / A Time to Kill / The Pelican Brief / The Firm by John Grisham A Time to Kill / Skipping Christmas / The Last Juror / The Pelican Brief / The Chamber / The Rainmaker / The Street Lawyer / The Firm by John Grisham A Time to Kill / The Firm / The Pelican Brief / The Client / The Chamber by John Grisham Collected John Grisham, Volume 1 by John Grisham The Client / The Firm / The Rainmaker / The Pelican Brief / The Runaway Jury / A Time to Kill / The Chamber by John Grisham A Time to Kill / The Firm / The Pelican Brief / The Client / The Chamber / The Rainmaker / The Runaway Jury / The Partner / The Street Lawyer / The Testament by John Grisham Has the adaptationIs abridged in
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 044021145X, Mass Market Paperback)Hard to believe, but there was a time when the word "lawyer" wasn't synonymous with "criminal," and the idea of a law firm controlled by the Mafia was an outlandish proposition. This intelligent, ensnaring story came out of nowhere--Oxford, Mississippi, where Grisham was a small-town lawyer--and quickly catapulted to the top of the bestseller list, with good reason. Mitch McDeere, the appealing hero, is a poor kid whose only assets are a first-class mind, a Harvard law degree, and a beautiful, loving wife. When a Memphis law firm makes him an offer he really can't refuse, he trades his old Nissan for a new BMW, his cramped apartment for a house in the best part of town, and puts in long hours finding tax shelters for Texans who'd rather pay a lawyer than the IRS. Nothing criminal about that. He'd be set for life, if only associates at the firm didn't have a funny habit of dying, and the FBI wasn't trying to get Mitch to turn his colleagues in. The tempo and pacing are brilliant, the thrills keep coming, and the finish has a wonderful ironic flourish. It's not hard to see why Grisham changed the genre permanently with this one, and few of his colleagues in a very crowded field come close to equaling him. --Jane Adams(retrieved from Amazon Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:42:05 -0500) At the top of his class at Harvard Law, he had his choice of the best in America. He made a deadly mistake. When Mitch McDerre signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought he and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. The firm leased him a BMW, paid off his school loans, arranged a mortgage and hired him a decorator. Mitch McDeere should have remembered what his brother Ray, doing fifteen years in a Tennessee jail, already knew. You never get nothing for nothing. Now the FBI has the lowdown on Mitch's firm and needs his help. Mitch is caught between a rock and a hard place, with no choice, if he wants to live.… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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