John Grisham: The Broker

[Caskey_91]

Yeah, I agree he's gone off the boil a bit - didn't he write something about baseball or something recently??? 'King of Torts' was pretty good though - not back to his 'A Time to Kill' or 'Pelican Brief' days but pretty old school Grisham all the same.

I think The Broker must have been the result of a family holiday in Italy and he came back a little excited. Had some lingo lessons also by the looks of it!!

No his most recent book was a work of nonfiction about a murder case in Oklahoma, the case was during the time the book called "Dreams of Ada" was published. It is a great read and shows the ugly side of our judical and criminal systems here in America, you really are guilty until proven innocent in this country.

 

[Caskey_91]

But don't be put off (famous last words) as his early stuff really is his best. The Pelican Brief, A Time to Kill, The Firm and The Runaway Jury are all good.

Every single Grisham book I have read I have enjoyed (I plan to read them all). But his older work seems to be a bit better though some of my favorites where from his older work (The Street Lawyer, The Last Juror, The Rainmaker, King of Torts). I do have to say though that I go against the grain that the Rainmaker in my mind was one of his lesser books as I didn't really enjoy the story as much. Don't know why but it just didn't capture me like his other work does.