When it comes to reading books with power play, I trust no one else than John Grisham. He has a sense of power in his writing and personally I rate him more than Mario Puzo. (we can always agree to disagree!)
Joel Backman is a former powerful Washington Beltway lobbyist who was called ‘The broker’ in his glory days and now spending six months in federal prison and is ‘Broke’ The story revolves around this master mind who escapes the clutches of some of the best agencies in the world-Russia, the People’s Republic of China, Israel and Saudi Arabia. The plot is played brilliantly with the addition of Pakistani Hackers, the CIA, white house corruption and a chase, a terrifying chase on the beautiful streets of Italy.
Infact, Backman is pardoned and released by US authorities on a ploy to undo a knot he made and for which he landed up in prison. Backman had gone to prison as a result of a scheme to sell a classified satellite system’s secrets to the highest bidder. The U.S. wants to know who owned the system and had access to its secrets, and who he was intending to sell the secrets to -Russia, the People’s Republic of China, Israel or Saudi Arabia. They theorize that once the broker is established in a new location with a new identity, the actual owner will exact its revenge on Backman by assassination, thereby revealing further useful intelligence.
So will the CIA get their information? Can the old man in his fifties outwit five of the most deadliest agencies in the world? Can the broker ever return to the states, his home ground.
You should read it.
| Author | John Grisham |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | January 11, 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 368 pp (hardcover edition) |
| ISBN | 0-385-51045-4 |
- Reviewd by Ravan.
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I agree. John is the greatest when it comes to fiction about power play! [Please note the spelling of Grisham in the first line
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OOps….its now corrected…:) thanks… Grishman writes too good.. and Broker is his best works ever.
Now this does make me want to read the book
There are few books who you want to read, and broker is one of them…:D
You just helped me make a decision…
I am starting on it RIGHT NOW!
*rushes to the book case*
When you start trust me you won’t keep it down till you finish it…:D
Dear Ravan,
May I borrow the book? Please?
(:nerd:)
You may by all means…. if you are from pune that is….:D
Loved this book…I am a huge fan of Grisham…have read all his books many number of times. Have just started reading his latest one ‘The Associate’.
The Associate is also a marvelous book by all means. He knows how to cast powerful people…:D
I’m a huge fan of Grisham too…except his The Painted House
( , which lies still half read for years now, the rest are a marvel..I loved the book too, what u call unputdowbable until the last page n line 
Hey I loved ‘The painted house’, even I was reluctant to read it but carried on and it turned out to be very good…do try reading it till the end..
hey LP, me thinks it’s high time I took up painted house as a challenge again, …and u enjoyed it, me too for the little of it I read…will definitely try…Thank u for the heads up:)
I never read any Painted house, ok I should pick it up…if its Grishman I ought to read it..
You people can also try ‘The king of torts’
giggle giggle giggle giggle giggle. ( u know why I am giggling)
hmmmm
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i’ve not read any of grisham’s… now this review makes me feel i’m missing something… i’ll buy this book two months from now… when i have my own money(now i have my dad’s)
Chal Main Pad loonga.
Grishams’ on my list now.