In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world’s most sophisticated satellite surveillance system....
In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world’s most sophisticated satellite surveillance system.
How would you feel if you found out the CIA wanted you dead? Anxious, to say the least. That's the situation facing Joel Backman, the character at the heart of John Grisham's latest novel, The Broker. Once again, Grisham delivers a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thriller that's all the more gripping because it feels eerily close to […]...
How would you feel if you found out the CIA wanted you dead? Anxious, to say the least. That's the situation facing Joel Backman, the character at the heart of John Grisham's latest novel, The Broker. Once again, Grisham delivers a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thriller that's all the more gripping because it feels eerily close to […]
Feb 29, 2012 - The Broker by John Grisham First Published: 2005 9 Copies & Reading Guide With fourteen years left on a twenty-year sentence, notorious Washington power broker, Joel Blackman, receives a surprise pardon from a lame-duck president. He is smuggled out of the country on a military cargo plane, given a new identity, and tu…...
Feb 29, 2012 - The Broker by John Grisham First Published: 2005 9 Copies & Reading Guide With fourteen years left on a twenty-year sentence, notorious Washington power broker, Joel Blackman, receives a surprise pardon from a lame-duck president. He is smuggled out of the country on a military cargo plane, given a new identity, and tu…
All this comes to light in this unique, John Grisham page turning thriller. Fast paced, beyond the usual Grisham attorney/client norm, the storyline keeps the ...Known as "the broker," Backman was a high roller--a lawyer making $10 million a year who could "open any door in Washington." That is, until he tried to broker ......
All this comes to light in this unique, John Grisham page turning thriller. Fast paced, beyond the usual Grisham attorney/client norm, the storyline keeps the ...Known as "the broker," Backman was a high roller--a lawyer making $10 million a year who could "open any door in Washington." That is, until he tried to broker ...
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has......
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The Broker by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) Edmond Gagnon’s review Feb 02, 2019 I’ve read four other Grisham novels, with mixed reviews. I’ve also seen many of the mov…...
The Broker by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) Edmond Gagnon’s review Feb 02, 2019 I’ve read four other Grisham novels, with mixed reviews. I’ve also seen many of the mov…
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Jan 10, 2005 — But something more ambitious peeks out: this is Grisham's "State of the Nation" novel, masquerading as a chase thriller. Some excoriating points ......
Jan 10, 2005 — But something more ambitious peeks out: this is Grisham's "State of the Nation" novel, masquerading as a chase thriller. Some excoriating points ...
Jan 22, 2005 — John Grisham's lead character in his latest best-seller spends a fair amount of time learning to speak Italian and soaking up the way of life in ......
Jan 22, 2005 — John Grisham's lead character in his latest best-seller spends a fair amount of time learning to speak Italian and soaking up the way of life in ...
Grisham's new thriller starts in Washington D.C. where power and corruption run rampant. The CIA convinces the outgoing and incompetent President Morgan to give ......
Grisham's new thriller starts in Washington D.C. where power and corruption run rampant. The CIA convinces the outgoing and incompetent President Morgan to give ...
The Broker was a good book as it kept me interested. It had a suspenseful storyline. I enjoyed when Joel Backman was in a chase with assassins throughout Europe ......
The Broker was a good book as it kept me interested. It had a suspenseful storyline. I enjoyed when Joel Backman was in a chase with assassins throughout Europe ...
Feb 1, 2005 — Some of John Grisham's observations on Europe have been painfully incorrect at times, and I obviously have to suspend my technical head when he ......
Feb 1, 2005 — Some of John Grisham's observations on Europe have been painfully incorrect at times, and I obviously have to suspend my technical head when he ...
The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller and the second novel by John Grisham. It was his first widely recognized book, and in 1993, after it sold 1.5 million copies, ......
The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller and the second novel by John Grisham. It was his first widely recognized book, and in 1993, after it sold 1.5 million copies, ...
Jan 12, 2005 — ... mikes, and the people who use them,” writes John Grisham in the Author's Note of his first international espionage thriller, The Broker, ......
Jan 12, 2005 — ... mikes, and the people who use them,” writes John Grisham in the Author's Note of his first international espionage thriller, The Broker, ...
Feb 17, 2005 — "A fancy photo of Joel Backman in the black Italian suit, impeccably tailored and detailed and groomed and looking at the camera with as much ......
Feb 17, 2005 — "A fancy photo of Joel Backman in the black Italian suit, impeccably tailored and detailed and groomed and looking at the camera with as much ...
The Broker is a suspense novel written by American author John Grisham and published in the United States on January 11, 2005. The novel follows the story of Joel Backman, a newly pardoned prisoner who had tried to broker a deal to sell the world's most powerful satellite surveillance system to the highest bidder.
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Originally published: January 11, 2005
Author: John Grisham
Genres: Novel, Thriller, Fiction, Suspense, Legal Story
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The Firm is Grisham's second novel, and first of his works to become a bestseller. It inspired a movie adaptation starring Tom Cruise and is probably his best-known book.
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