The Partner - Hardcover

Grisham, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385472951 ISBN 13: 9780385472951

Publisher: Doubleday Books, 1997

Synopsis

They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in a small town in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they thought he had stolen. He was much thinner and his face had been altered. He spoke a different language, and spoke it very well. But Danilo had a past with many chapters. Four years earlier he had been Patrick Lanigan, a young partner in a prominent Biloxi law firm. He had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future. Then one cold winter night Patrick was trapped in a burning car and died a horrible death. When he was buried his casket held nothing more than his ashes. From a short distance away, Patrick watched his own burial. Then he fled. Six weeks later, a fortune was stolen from his ex-law firm's offshore account. And Patrick fled some more. But they found him.

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Review:

Literary slugger John Grisham's The Partner is a story about--surprise!--a lawyer in trouble. Patrick Lanigan had been a young partner in a prominent Southern law firm. He had a beautiful wife, a new baby girl, and a bright future. Then one winter night Patrick was trapped in a burning car; the casket they buried held nothing but ashes.

A short distance away, Patrick watched his own burial then fled. A fortune was stolen from his ex-firm's offshore account. And Patrick ran, covering his tracks the whole way.

But, now, they've found him. --Peter Ducasse

Review:

#1 New York Times bestseller!

First time in paperback!

"One terrific book--smart, fast, stingingly satiric, and almost criminally entertaining."
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About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0385472951
• ISBN 13: 9780385472951
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368