The Brethren: A Novel by Grisham, John Descripción del producto Detailed item info Synopsis Read by Michael BeckFive CDs, 6 hours Trumble, a minimum security federal prison, is home to the usual assortment of criminals- drug dealers, bank robbers, swindlers, embezzlers, tax evaders, two Wall Street crooks, one doctor, and at least four lawyers.Trumble is also home to three former judges who call themselves The Brethren: one from Texas, one from California, and one from Mississippi. They meet each day in the law library, their turf at Trumble, where they write briefs, handle cases for other inmates, practice law without a license, occasionally dispense jailhouse justice, and spend hours hatching schemes to make money.Then one of their scams goes awry. It ensnares the wrong victim, an innocent on the outside, a man with dangerous friends, and The Brethren's days of quietly marking time are over. They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. And the third, for a career-ending drunken joyride. Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong. Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich -- very fast. And so they sit, sprawled in the prison library, furiously writing letters, fine-tuning a wickedly brilliant extortion scam ... while events outside their prison walls begin to erupt. A bizarre presidential election is holding the nation in its grips -- and a powerful government figure is pulling some very hidden strings. For the Brethren, the timing couldn't be better. Because they've just found the perfect victim... From the Paperback edition. Product Identifiers ISBN-10 0440236673 ISBN-13 9780440236672 Key Details Author John Grisham Number Of Pages 464 pages Format Paperback Publication Date 2000-12-26 Language English Publisher Random House Publishing Group Additional Details Copyright Date 2000 Dimensions Weight 8.3 Oz Height 1.1 In. Width 4.2 In. Length 6.9 In. Target Audience Group Trade Classification Method LCCN 00-023841 Dewey Decimal 813.5/4 Dewey Edition 21 Reviews "Gripping ... engaging and fast-paced ... will hook you from the first page and won't let you go."New York Post "A crackerjack tale."Entertainment Weekly "Fast-paced and action-packed...you'll be thoroughly entertained."New Orleans Times-Picayune "The plot is as up-to-date as tomorrow's newspaper, with allusions to presidential polls and debates, campaign financing, money laundering and offshore financial finagling.... Add to these tantalizing ingredients the steady action, with some clever surprises." The New York Times A Main Selection of the Doubleday Book Club, the Literary Guild, and the Mystery Guil Críticas "Grisham spins out a compelling, beautifully written thriller... it's all absolutely brilliant" (Independent on Sunday) "An engaging and fast-paced story of powerful men in high places and blackmail gone awry, it will hook you from the first page and won't let go" (New York Post) "Completely gripping" (Mirror) Descripción del producto Three imprisoned ex judges, frustrated with their loss of power and influence, concoct an elaborate blackmail scheme... enthralling legal and political thriller from the No. 1 bestsellimg master thriller writer. Trumble is a minimum security federal prison, home to drug dealers, bank robbers, swindlers, embezzlers, tax evaders, and three former judges who call themselves The Brethren. They meet each day in the law library where they spend hours writing letters. They are fine-tuning a mail scam, and it's starting to pay big. The money is pouring in.

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