Re: [book_talk] The Firm, Grisham
- From: Alex Stone <alex.stone@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 21:54:06 +0000
I loved this book!
Cheers
Alex
On 27/02/2014 22:44, Rosemarie Grayley wrote:
> The Firm,
> By John Grisham.
>
> BARD and bookshare.
>
> Mitch McDeere, fifth in his law class at Harvard, is an excellent catch for
> any law firm. Several New York firms want him as does one in Tennessee. The
> firm in Memphis is offering more money and an astonishing number of
> wonderful perks. He accepts and he and his wife, Abby, settle into their
> newly decorated home, and Mitch settles into his sixteen plus hour days.
>
> Abby's parents are impressed with the home and perks, though they still
> don't like their son in law. They live in Kentucky, one reason why Tennessee
> appealed more to Abby than New York, and another reason is that Mitch's
> brother, Ray, has seven more years of a fifteen year sentence in a Tennessee
> jail.
>
> Mitch starts noticing and hearing things that don't add up. For one thing,
> how many law firms have no one quit, but several lawyers who meet with
> deadly accidents? Then, the FBI contacts Mitch. They are investigating the
> firm and start applying pressure on him to get inside information. It's a
> deadly game and either side could easily get Mitch and his wife killed.
>
> It's a very interesting tale and I found the ending fascinating.
>
> David Hartley-Margolin read Sycamore Row, a book that came out in the past
> six months or so. This book was also read by him in 1991 or thereabouts. His
> voice is still very good, he'll always be a favorite of mine, but listening
> to the books practically back to back shows the passage of time. I so hope
> it doesn't get to the point where I don't enjoy his reading any longer. The
> coming of the digital age has made it so easy to have new books and old
> books that the changes in the voices of the readers can be startling,
> sometimes even shocking.
>
> Good reading,
>
> Rosemarie
>
>
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