The Client - Softcover

Grisham, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440213525 ISBN 13: 9780440213529

Publisher: Dell, 1996

Synopsis

In a weedy lot on the outskirts of memphis, two  boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull upt ot the  curb... Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother  were sharing a forbidden cigarrette when a chance  encounter with a suicidal laywer left Mark knowing  a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of  the most sought-after dead body in America. Now  Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad  and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime.  And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love,  who has been a lawyer for all of four years.  Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make  Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep  him quiet. And Reggie will do anything to protect  her client -- even take a last, desperate gamble  that could win Mark his freedom... or cost them  both their lives.

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Review

With her sparkling voice and superb acting ability, Blair Brown gives an impressive reading of this John Grisham blockbuster. The story hinges on a young boy who gets an unwanted earful of murder and politics--and dangerous secrets about both--from a conscience-stricken mob lawyer bent on suicide. "I can tell you where the body is... the most notorious undiscovered corpse of our time". Just the kind of information most children don't need, especially when the snakeskin-wearing hit man finds out what he knows. Aside from musical cues scattered as superfluously as laugh tracks on a sitcom, the production quality is stellar, preserving the crispness of Blair's voice and the nuances of her excellent interpretation. --George Laney, Amazon.com

Review

"Grisham at his best.""--The Atlanta Journal"

"Engrossing . . . Grisham keeps the pages of "The Client" turning faster than lawyers can scribble on legal pads."--"San Francisco Chronicle"

"The desire to find out what happens next keeps the reader turning the pages. Grisham is an absolute master of the chase story."--"The Washington Post"

"Heart-pounding . . . fast-paced."--"The Orlando Sentinel"

"Grisham at his best.""--The Atlanta Journal"
"Engrossing . . . Grisham keeps the pages of "The Client" turning faster than lawyers can scribble on legal pads."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"The desire to find out what happens next keeps the reader turning the pages. Grisham is an absolute master of the chase story."--"The Washington Post"
"Heart-pounding . . . fast-paced."--"The Orlando Sentinel"

Grisham at his best. " The Atlanta Journal"
Engrossing . . . Grisham keeps the pages of "The Client" turning faster than lawyers can scribble on legal pads. "San Francisco Chronicle"
The desire to find out what happens next keeps the reader turning the pages. Grisham is an absolute master of the chase story. "The Washington Post"
Heart-pounding . . . fast-paced. "The Orlando Sentinel""

"Grisham at his best."--The Atlanta Journal

"Engrossing . . . Grisham keeps the pages of The Client turning faster than lawyers can scribble on legal pads."--San Francisco Chronicle

"The desire to find out what happens next keeps the reader turning the pages. Grisham is an absolute master of the chase story."--The Washington Post

"Heart-pounding . . . fast-paced."--The Orlando Sentinel

Edition details

• Publisher: Dell
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0440213525
• ISBN 13: 9780440213529
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 576