The Brethren, John Grisham
The Brethren, John Grisham
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The Brethren

Author: John Grisham

Narrator: Frank Muller

Unabridged: 11 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2000

Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Three disgraced judges plot a major scam from behind bars—with national consequences—in this “crackerjack tale” (Entertainment Weekly) from the master of the legal thriller.

They call themselves the Brethren: a trio of former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. 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 scheme—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.

About John Grisham

John Ray Grisham, Jr. was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on February 8, 1955. Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and later from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He was a practicing criminal attorney for over ten years and then served in the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1990. He published his first novel in 1989 after working on it for five years. ‘A Time to Kill’, his first novel, launched his new career and was later made into a major motion picture. His first bestseller, ‘The Firm’, released in 1991, sold over seven million copies and was made into a box office hit starring Tom Cruise two years later. Almost twenty years later in 2012, a TV series was launched and picks up the life of Mitch McDeere and his family ten years after the events of the novel.

John Grisham has had his novels translated into more than forty languages and has sold nearly 300 million copies worldwide. He is a winner of the prestigious Galaxy British Book Award and is one of only three authors (the other two being Tom Clancy and J.K. Rowling) to ever sell two million copies of a first published novel. Nine of his novels (including ‘The Firm and ‘A Time to Kill’ have been made into major motion pictures.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba on April 06, 2024

In a minimum security prison three convicted former members of the judiciary hold court over all internal disputes amongst their fellow prisoners; these three men are the Brethren. The thing is these three are criminally minded and unknown to everyone else they are running a letter-writing sting ope......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on August 14, 2020

2.5 stars Note: The Brethren was published in 2000, so the social issues may seem a little out-of-sync with current times.....or maybe not. ***** Trumble Federal Prison near Jacksonville, Florida is a minimum security facility that hardly seems like a penitentiary: it has no fences, decent food, recre......more

Goodreads review by Francesc on October 10, 2020

Un libro entretenido y poco más. El típico best-seller fácil de leer y que, al terminarlo, lo guardas en la estantería y es difícil que lo vuelvas a encontrar. An entertaining book and little more. The typical best-seller that is easy to read and when you finish it, you put it on the shelf and it's h......more

Goodreads review by Asghar on May 31, 2021

Undoubtedly well written and undeniably funny. Often cited as his funniest book, so very entertaining. Although, lack of a definite protagonist was irksome, really bothered me. I demand absolutes and neatly ordained worlds in fiction, or else it's pointless. Plus, it was scary how a presidential cand......more

Goodreads review by Karen on March 20, 2024

This one was published in the year 2000. I think I have a neighbor who has been cleaning his bookshelves, and deciding it was time to donate his collection to my Little Free Library Shed. He definitely has been making this neighborhood (for the most part) happy with his decision. On to this story… 3 e......more

Quotes

“Terrific storytelling from one of the masters of the game.”—USA Today

“Gripping . . . engaging . . . will hook you from the first page and won’t let you go.”—New York Post

“Fast-paced and action-packed . . . You’ll be thoroughly entertained.”—New Orleans Times-Picayune

“Deeply absorbing . . . All will be captivated by this clever thriller that presents as crisp a cast as he’s yet devised, and as grippingly sardonic yet bitingly moral a scenario as he’s ever imagined.”—Publishers Weekly

“With startlingly good writing and plotting, Grisham tells an entrancing tale.”—San Antonio Express-News

“Grisham does such a terrific job of inventing clever twists and devising a compelling momentum that readers can’t help but be intrigued.”—Chattanooga Free Press

“Skillfully written and plotted with an eye for logic as well as humor.”—Dallas Morning News

“Entertaining, satisfying . . . The plot is engaging and moves along at a brisk pace. The crisp, laconic prose produces an easy read. The characters are well drawn. The requisite morality issues are present. Grisham displays a gift for capturing contemporary feeling about the law, politics and society.”—Tulsa World

“An intricately plotted tale.”—The Atlanta Constitution

“An exciting read right up to the end.”—The Legal Intelligencer

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