Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Firm - Book Review

The Firm, by John Grisham, is a classic of the repertoire of the author, who specializes in legal-thriller novels, really interesting and engaging.

The story tells of the adventures of a man, Mitchell DcDeere, recent graduates and young hopefuls in a dire economic condition. The man, with his wife Abby, desperately need to work and when Royce McKnigt the managing partner of law firm of Lambert & Locke's proposed recruitment office as an associate, McDeere not hesitate and gladly accepted the nomination , thinks he has finally started on the path of legal career and he has finally left behind the life of a graduate unemployed and addicted to work in black.

McDeere is found in so short to be one of the most zealous workers of the study you look after practice with dedication, it halves the time of the reasons that members will face higher in rank and is distinguished by its social, its timeliness and its want to become, in short, the office manager. But his hopes are interrupted by an FBI agent who had come to his house in disguise, tells him, meeting after meeting, the real purpose of the office where he works. In truth - reveals the government agent - the office is controlled by the mafia of the city that uses it to cover up the crimes of its members, so that, if discovered, may have a useful and probably winning defense. In this way - he explains - the mob has planted some of its officials that the study has been made aware of their collusion with the Mafia. Currently all but McDeere and some new members, I am unaware.

In a series of incredible plot twists, the legal-thriller Grisham endless process and takes your breath away at every page. McDeere discovers that his house is under control through various "bugs" inside of it, as well as his car. In this way, is constantly monitored by officers of the law firm that prove the reliability. FBI agent or a hint to the Mafia and he would die soon.

McDeere therefore hatches a plan to escape from this plight, decides to cooperate with the FBI (which in turn gives him a change of identity and residence) via association private government documents, with great difficulty, manages to steal from the archives of the study. However, unbeknownst to everyone, also plans a triple-play really ingenious, allowing him to make the most of the study is that the FBI insatiable mob that always puts a corner, threatening to arrest him.

But the game is discovered and finds himself hunted by both McDeer. He decides to flee and take refuge in a desperately remote island of an archipelago of Central America. There will not run any risk, and may start a new life, starting as it had begun: from scratch.

Excellent work by Grisham, truly manages to entertain and to charm readers with a style that is never banal or persistent, which is held at a safe distance from the story that the reader is curious that, page after page, want to know the development of the story. Moreover, the genius of Grisham for the genre is renowned throughout the world and we are not surprised if this novel has been an incredible success.

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