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| Original Title: | The Racketeer |
| ISBN: | 0385535144 (ISBN13: 9780385535144) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Malcolm Bannister |
| Setting: | Roanoke, Virginia(United States) Frostburg, Maryland(United States) Florida(United States) …more Antigua(Antigua and Barbuda) …less |
John Grisham
Hardcover | Pages: 340 pages Rating: 3.82 | 82636 Users | 7687 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Racketeer |
| Author | : | John Grisham |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 340 pages |
| Published | : | October 23rd 2012 by Doubleday |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Crime |
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Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only four active federal judges have been murdered.Judge Raymond Fawcett has just become number five.
Who is the Racketeer? And what does he have to do with the judge’s untimely demise? His name, for the moment, is Malcolm Bannister. Job status? Former attorney. Current residence? The Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland.
On paper, Malcolm’s situation isn’t looking too good these days, but he’s got an ace up his sleeve. He knows who killed Judge Fawcett, and he knows why. The judge’s body was found in his remote lakeside cabin. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies: Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. And one large, state-of-the-art, extremely secure safe, opened and emptied.
What was in the safe? The FBI would love to know. And Malcolm Bannister would love to tell them. But everything has a price—especially information as explosive as the sequence of events that led to Judge Fawcett’s death. And the Racketeer wasn’t born yesterday . . .
Nothing is as it seems and everything’s fair game in this wickedly clever new novel from John Grisham, the undisputed master of the legal thriller.
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I'll agree with you there Ashley. If you're not that bright, sitting at home all day fantasizing about being a successful swashbuckling bank robberOh, how the mighty have fallen! Grisham splats facedown with this mess. Trying for genius protagonist to outsmart everyone around him, instead of clever plans, Grisham relies on a smart mouth. Meanwhile the author dumbs-down everyone else so far they should be wearing special helmets and riding a short bus.The Feebees are right outta Mayberry, the "hero" is a DICK and none of the story is even remotely credible. Grisham didnt even try. The book starts with the feds being led around by the nose
That was some seriously elaborate racketeering.
Malcolm Bannister was an attorney in a small firm when he was inadvertently caught up in a money laundering scheme, convicted under the RICO statutes, and sent to federal prison. There he became a 'prison lawyer' helping other convicts with their appeals. etc. When Judge Fawcett - a federal judge in Virginia - is murdered, Bannister contacts the FBI, claiming he will name the killer in exchange for immediate release from prison. This happens, and once he is free Bannister, with help from a woman
THE RACKETEER is the first John Grisham novel I have read in ten years-I hadn't realized it had been so long until I looked at the release date of The Last Juror (which I read when it first came out). Why I waited so long I do not know, they are always fun and quick reads, with lots of twists and turns. When I looked on the back of the book describing the plot, I almost put it back on the shelf. It sounded so similar to The Pelican Brief. A dead judge..environmental issue...but reading further I
Grisham has said that he writes his books to be read in one sitting. I believe this one was written in one sitting. He explained it well in his "author's note" at the end: "Almost nothing ... was based on reality. Research, hardly a priority, was rarely called upon. Accuracy was not deemed crucial. Long paragraphs of fiction were used to avoid looking up facts."At 340 pages it's not a quick read, but I believe it was a quick "write." It's a very shallow book with very shallow characters. There's
"I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story."I love this opening line. It does not disappoint.It is interesting as an innocent black lawyer goes to prison. (You find this out right away.) Then you follow the FBI investigating a murdered Federal Judge who looks like he was corrupt. I love Grisham's discretion when the lawyer gets a makeover. I think you will too. I'll never forget that character.The innocent lawyer finds out and is able to use this to get out of prison. That is when the
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