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Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. E nonostante Grisham sia amato dalla settima musa, il film, più volte annunciato, con Mark Whalberg protagonista, non è mai stato realizzato. Credevo d’aver letto almeno un Grisham, forse due, parecchio tempo fa, senza particolare entusiasmo.
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Ma mi sbagliavo, lo confondevo con Scott Turow: entrambi avvocati convertitisi in scrittori di legal thriller. In ceea ce priveste autorul, Grisham este unul dintre preferatii mei datorita experientei sale vaste in domeniul juridic, a mintii sale stralucite cu care tese aceste intrigi si mai ales a plot-twist-urilor de la final. Si romanul acesta are unul senzational, insa pe care l-am prevazut datorita, ati ghicit, braziliencei sexy. Nu e bine niciodata sa lasi banii pe mana unei femei atat de frumoase si atat de destepte. On the eighth day, the dirty cottage emptied as all the Brazilians and all the Americans took their positions.God has created us with a conscience and knowledge of right and wrong. If we persistently sin, our conscience may become dulled but there will be a nagging feeling that something is not quite right. We cannot escape it. The Partner is a good illustration of this truth--the man is always looking over his shoulder and waiting for the inevitable. He cannot relax and enjoy the things he has acquired. We know too, that those who evade justice in this life will face the ultimate Judge in the next. The One who judges perfectly according to His law all those who have not trusted Jesus for their salvation. This book also reminds us that relationships are more valuable than possessions. It's difficult to come up with the moral of this story without ruining the plot for those who have yet to read it. One obvious lesson is that living on the run from the law or running away from your past is no fun and will eventually catch up with you. This applies across the board. Inspired by the best-selling author's own childhood in rural Arkansas, this 2000 novel tells the story of how a seven-year-old farm boy and his family are changed by a particular cotton harvest. Continue reading »
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A man is hiding out in Brazil under an assumed identity. Four years before he had been a partner in a successful law firm in America. By all accounts he was happily married and adored his daughter. But then, he had died in a car accident. Shortly afterwards ninety million dollars had disappeared from a client.....It's only a matter of time before the man is found and positively identified, but who will get to him first? America's most popular author is arguably its most popular crusader as well, tilting his pen against myriad targets, including big law (The Firm, etc.), big tobacco (The Runaway Jury), big insurance Continue reading » L’anno dopo, 1994, diretto da Joel Schumacher arrivo “The Client – Il cliente”, col dodicenne Brad Renfro protagonista, (Renfro è morto di o.d. a soli 25 anni). Ma per me a rubare la scena due attori strepitosi: Susan Sarandon e Tommy Lee Jones. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
I love Grisham’s writing style. I was engaged all the way through. There was good action and a lot of suspense. By the end I was amazed, impressed, and intrigued with all the planning, strategizing, and how things worked out. It may not be believable but it was fun. Then the ending was frustrating and unhappy. I WANT HAPPY ENDINGS. Unfortunately that was my only problem with the book. I loved the experience. The only thing positive about the end was that it was thought provoking. I had to tell myself yes I could see that. But it’s not a story I want to hear. I normally would give this book a below average rating due to the ending, but because the rest was so good, I compromised at 3 stars. For someone who would enjoy smart-thinking, out-thinking others, and a good suspenseful read, go ahead. Only a few megaselling authors of popular fiction deviate dramatically from formula--most notably Stephen King but recently Grisham, too. He's serializing a literary novel, A Painted House, in the Continue reading » Grisham fans will not despair as they discover that this finely wrought tale includes no lawyers. Instead, the author presents an evocation of the life of a young boy growing up on a Southern farm Continue reading » Osmar wanted to grab him.Guy said they’d wait.He vanished on the fourth day, and the dirty little cottage was in chaos for thirty-six hours. Gussow, Mel (March 31, 1997). "Grisham's Escape Into Legal Thrillers (Published 1997)"– via NYTimes.com.
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Well, John Grisham has done it again. Talk about partners in crime on so many levels! I was shaking my head in utter surprise and disbelief through each chapter. Grisham did not disappoint. L’avvocato simula la sua morte in un infuocato incidente d’auto, e mai l’aggettivo rovente è stato più appropriato, nello scontro brucia tutto. Si nasconde su un albero e segue col binocolo il suo funerale: ma quindi qualcuno sta venendo sepolto al posto suo, la bara è vuota oppure contiene il cadavere di un altro?Grisham, with his master-storyteller legal thriller form, always plays well on audio. His latest begins with a coyly playful opening scene. Elderly billionaire industrialist Troy Phelan is holding Continue reading » There is not a lot to say about THE PARTNER. It is a legal thriller with pleasing (although not unexpected) twists. As far as books in that vein go it is a fine effort. The ending irritated me, but only because it was what I suspected might happen, and I did not want it to. However, in a cosmic justice sense, and in the world of human behavior it is probably perfectly appropriate. The chamber in question is the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary--and for 69-year-old Sam Crayhall, the road thence has been many years long. Sam was twice tried and twice acquitted Continue reading »
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I was impressed with this book even though it's a departure from the usual Grisham fare and I hope he decides to write a sequel to explain the maddening ending. Why did you read this book? M-a amuzat faptul ca in roman toata lumea bea cola dietetica ca si cum s-ar face reclama produsului si consider ca, daca tot consumi asemenea bauturi, atunci s-o faci ca lumea, nu la modul dietetic.Another pause while Stephano arranged his thoughts, a process that usually took milliseconds."The money?"
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