The Broker by John Grisham

The Broker by John Grisham

In his final hours in the Oval Office the outgoing President grants a full pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. It's a controversial move, but what no one else knows is that the presidential pardon comes as a result of enormous pressure from the CIA. They claim that Backman may have obtained secrets that would compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system. Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane; he is given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, once he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive - there's no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is: who will kill him?

A nail-biting story * The Sun *
A killer combination of sheer story-telling nous and no-nonsense prose * Independent *
Grisham hasn't lost his touch * Daily Mail *
A welcome return to what he does best * Observer *
a great story-teller * Daily Telegraph *

John Grisham is the author of twenty-two novels, one work of non-fiction, a collection of short stories, and a novel for young readers. He is on the Board of Directors for the Innocence Project in New York and is the Chairman on the Board of Directors for the Mississippi Innocence Project at the Mississippi School of Law. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi. His website is www.johngrisham.co.uk

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ISBN 13	9781844131631
ISBN 10	1844131637
Title	The Broker
Author	John Grisham
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornerstone
Year published	2005-01-10
Number of pages	368
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