The Broker (Paperback)

from Jarratt

"The Broker," more than anything, was a way for Grisham to expense his trip to Bologna, Italy. Out of 400 pages, there was maybe 100 of story. The rest was a tour of primarily Bologna, and endless translations of dialogue, histories of various cathedrals, and lots of food ordering. Having said th...

from theprint

Grisham as we know him; a lawyer in trouble, deadly conspiracies and whatnot. This time mixed with Italian lessons and descriptions of Europe. The plot is fine and the main character is interesting, but the Italian lessons got a little old and being a European myself, I had to laugh at some of th...

from jaimelesmaths

Certainly not as good as some of Grisham's earlier works, but not the worst either. Like most Grisham novels, best suited for a long trip. The plot stalls quite a bit in the middle (you get about as frustrated as the main character does with the frequent language tutoring scenes), but does pick u...

from Eskypades

I'm relatively new to Grisham's work, but even I could tell that his book, The Broker, was not up to his standards. The story follows Joel Backman, a high-powered broker who gets himself into a lot of trouble and is sent to a federal prison to be kept in solitary confinement. What that trouble is...

from TadAD

A straight-forward thriller from Mr. Grisham that just doesn't deliver much in the way of thrills. It flows along reasonably well, bogging down only occasionally for travelogue. I had it in the audio book version and it ate up its share of miles. I'd probably have given it a 3-star "well, it pass...