THE FIRM- John Grisham

 

SYNOPSIS

Mitchel Y. McDeere was about to graduate in the top five from Hardvard Law School. He was poor, and he won a place at university because he was good at football. Now he had different job offers, but the best offer was from Oliver Lambert and Lamar Quin. They offered him a lot of money, and also a new BMW car and a house in Memphis. Mitch accepted the job, and he and his wife Abby went to Memphis.

Mitch worked hard, the partners were delighted with his progress and reward him with extra money. Abby was bored at home, so she got a job as a teacher. However, he realized something was wrong because in the company three of the dead lawyers had died in mysterious circunstances. The firm had lost five lawyers in fifteen years.

Mitch met an FBI agent, Terrance. The agent told him that the accidents were not a coincidence and that his phones, home and car were bugged, and someone at Bendini, Cambert & Locke knew everything he did.

He was scared but he didn't leave the job. Later, he flew into Washington to go to a conference. That morning Mitch met with Denton Voyler, the almost legendary boss of the FBI. Mitch was confused and frightened. Voyler told him that the firm was a very illegal business, and no one had ever left the firm alive. They offered Mitch to work with them photocopying files, bank records and more documents. He didn't know what to do, but finally he accepted. In exchange, he would get 2 million dollars, and his brother Ray would be out of Brushy Mountain Prison. When Mitch and Abby returned from Caymans, Mitch started working to copy documents with help. They kept the documents sape in a strong room in Georgetown, and then they sent papers to Brentwood.

Finally, Voyles called Mitch to say that a FBI agent told all he had done to the Mafia. Mitch run away with Abby and Ray to Nashville. Mitch phoned Tarrance to say where were the rest of the documents, and finally the firm finished.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

In my opinion, the book is very entertaining, there is action all the time and you don't get bored. However, it's confusing because many characters appear during the story.

AUTHOR

Leire Jimenez