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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780440213529
ISBN: 0440213525
Label: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
Manufacturer: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 566
Publication Date: March 01, 1994
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date: May 01, 1996
Studio: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.

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Amazon.com Review:
Mark Sway, age 11 but years wiser thanks to a drunken dad who abused his mom, is out in the woods behind his Memphis trailer park teaching his kid brother, Ricky, how to smoke Virginia Slims heisted from Mom's purse. He's a pretty upright kid--he's determined to protect his brother from drugs, and he once defended his mom with a baseball bat.

The dangers of smoking rapidly escalate when Mark glimpses a guy trying to commit suicide by carbon monoxide in his car nearby and tries to stop him. The guy is Jerome, a lawyer who tells Mark that his Mafia client has murdered Senator Boyd Boyette and buried him in the concrete under his garage in New Orleans. Then Jerome puts a bullet in his own head. Little Ricky flips out, and so does Barry the Blade Muldanno, who doesn't want blustery U.S. attorney Reverend Roy Foltrigg to find the corpse and bust him. Caught in a ruthless game between the Mob and the amoral authorities, Mark's family has no defense in the world except Reggie Love, a 50ish divorcée who has just turned her life around by becoming a lawyer. Does she have what it takes to help Mark beat the system? The life-or-death chase is on!

Mark has seen a lot of movies, and he sees life in cinematic terms. So does Grisham. Even if this novel had never been filmed, it would still be a really good, fast-paced movie. Its literary limitation is also its filmlike virtue: The Client is a rush.

Product Description:
In a weedy lot on the outskirts of memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull upt ot the curb... Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarrette when a chance encounter with a suicidal laywer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years. Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet. And Reggie will do anything to protect her client -- even take a last, desperate gamble that could win Mark his freedom... or cost them both their lives.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Great... not a thriller
I must say this is the third book I read from Grisham. It really is a page turner and you really want to know what's next.
The thing I like the most about Grisham's wrtting is the way he describes feelings.... the way he describes the situations.
Mark is just a geniuos and there is no way you would not love him... He's smart and funny, and he is the typical boy who has seen way too much TV....
Reggie... well, she is just the kind lawyer and the one who feels most like Mark's mom. ... Read More

Rating:

- Grisham Sticks to His Formula Here, and Produces a Decent Read
I've never been a huge fan of John Grisham, but it's hard not to admire an author with such an incredible level of sales success. Whatever his faults, Grisham is clearly able to connect with his audience in a way that few writers can. I've read almost all of his novels now, and I think his first two, THE FIRM and A TIME TO KILL, are by far the best ones. THE CLIENT, Grisham's fourth novel, is moderately enjoyable, but not in the same league.

An earlier review referred to THE CLIENT ... Read More

Rating:

- Tom Sawyer Takes on the Mafia, the FBI, and the Courts

If you only read one legal thriller by John Grisham, I strongly urge you to choose The Client. It's a remarkable book that will reward your patience, pique your curiosity, and keep you guessing until almost the very end.

The client has to be the most unusual legal thriller every written. The book's indomitable hero, Mark Sway, is an 11-year-old with a lot of guts and a desire to do the right thing. John Grisham takes that premise and pushes it to the limit by teaming Mark with ... Read More

Rating:

- Tom Sawyer Takes on the Mafia, the FBI, and the Courts
If you only read one legal thriller by John Grisham, I strongly urge you to choose The Client. It's a remarkable book that will reward your patience, pique your curiosity, and keep you guessing until almost the very end.

The client has to be the most unusual legal thriller every written. The book's indomitable hero, Mark Sway, is an 11-year-old with a lot of guts and a desire to do the right thing. John Grisham takes that premise and pushes it to the limit by teaming Mark with the only lawyer ... Read More

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