The Broker - John Grisham

The Broker

By John Grisham

  • Release Date: 2006-09-26
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
4
From 485 Ratings
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Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • 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?

Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

Reviews

  • The Broker

    5
    By pot n keddle
    Loved learning about Italy, the language but the suspense was what kept me from putting the book down!

  • The Broker

    3
    By Jasperjetson
    Not bad enough for me to stop reading and trash it but close. Was I reading a travel magazine or sitting in on an Italian language school?

  • Intriguing

    5
    By Increased Energy
    The author has such an amazing way of keeping the reader intrigued.

  • The Broker

    5
    By Dallas Teacher
    A great story about a villain who becomes quite the sympathetic hero. Running from the CIA, and every other country’s underground killers, Grisham takes us on a furious chase from Italy to Washington D.C. I wanted to know what happened to the main character so intensely, I had trouble putting the book down.

  • The Broker

    4
    By Donnie55r
    With throw of a dart John Grisham chooses a great place for this character to start his adventures of freedom. The more I read about this guy, the more I come to like him. This is by far one of Grisham's better works. The more I read about Italy, the more I wanted to understand the language and sample the cuisine.

  • Boring...

    1
    By jacardozo76
    I'm a Grisham big fan but this novel has a good theme developed with a boring story. Still, most of Grishams book are awesome, I won't stop reading his books. Just a bad day at the office w/this book.

  • The broker

    1
    By Old aggie70
    Incomplete. Looks like Grisham's purpose was to enjoy Italy and write off the expense. The ending suggests he just got bored.

  • Very great book

    5
    By Luallenj
    This is my first John Grisham book, and I am now a fan, I can't wait to read what else he has to offer.

  • The Broker is a good time.

    5
    By Peggy's reviews
    Time well spent

  • Far from his best work

    2
    By BGamsey
    I agree with another review that said that the first 20 chapters were pages out of Rosetta Stone. It was painfully slow reading with no real ending. Big fan, but far from his best work.

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