The Broker - Softcover

Grisham, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099457164 ISBN 13: 9780099457169

Publisher: Arrow, 2005

Synopsis

In his final hours in the Oval Office the outgoing President grants a full pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. It's a controversial move, but what no one else knows is that the presidential pardon comes as a result of enormous pressure from the CIA. They claim that Backman may have obtained secrets that would compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system.

Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane; he is given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, once 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's no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is: who will kill him?

About this title

Review:

"A nail-biting story" (The Sun)

"A killer combination of sheer story-telling nous and no-nonsense prose" (Independent)

"Grisham hasn't lost his touch" (Daily Mail)

"A welcome return to what he does best
" (Observer)

"a great story-teller" (Daily Telegraph)

From the Publisher:

John Grisham's bestselling backlist repackaged with fantastic new covers

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0099457164
• ISBN 13: 9780099457169
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480