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The Brethren

By John Grisham

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| School & Library Binding | 9780613332842

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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 Continue

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.

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  • The Brethren (abridged) By John Grisham

    The money or the messageJohn Grisham's new blockbuster, The Brethren (unabridged, $49.95, 0553502417), is a disquieting tale for this election year. The three men, who have commandeered the exalted epithet (usually reserved for U.S. Supreme Court jus ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

  • The Brethren (unabridged) By John Grisham

    The money or the messageJohn Grisham's new blockbuster, The Brethren (abridged, $27.95, 0553526847), is a disquieting tale for this election year. The three men, who have commandeered the exalted epithet (usually reserved for U.S. Supreme Court justi ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

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  • There are some authors that simply have the gift of narratives: John Grisham is among them.
    It's been a long time since I last read one of his novels, and I almost forgot how gripping they are. But after the first chapters I simply couldn't stop reading this book.
    This time the action moves from La ... (continue)

    There are some authors that simply have the gift of narratives: John Grisham is among them.
    It's been a long time since I last read one of his novels, and I almost forgot how gripping they are. But after the first chapters I simply couldn't stop reading this book.
    This time the action moves from Law Courts to politics power rooms, there's no such an hero as the usual young lawyer fighting for the rights of someone (on the contrary, all the lawmen are negative characters) and there is not a central character (Aaron Lake is just a ill-wit puppet in the hands of CIA).
    Unlikely as it may be (is CIA really capable of monouvering a Presidential election? Threee convicted judges can run a mail scam so smoothly?) it is great enterteinment.

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    Ciski72 said on Mar 22, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • *** This comment contains spoilers! ***

    Three judges, in prison run a scam in which they place an ad in a gay magazine and then blackmail the people who respond. When one response comes from a politician running for president, they have their ultimate 'mark'.

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    Lucca Ita said on May 19, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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