The Broker

Grisham, John

ISBN 10: 0099457164 / ISBN 13: 9780099457169

Verlag: Arrow Books (edition New Ed), 2005

Beschreibung

The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0099457164-7-1-13

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Broker
• Verlag: Arrow Books (edition New Ed)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0099457164
• ISBN-13: 9780099457169
• Einband: Paperback
• Auflage: New Ed.
• Zustand: Fair

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Inhaltsangabe

In his final hours in the Oval Office the outgoing President grants a full pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. It's a controversial move, but what no one else knows is that the presidential pardon comes as a result of enormous pressure from the CIA. They claim that Backman may have obtained secrets that would compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system.

Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane; he is given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, once he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive – there's no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is: who will kill him?

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Grisham is the author of twenty-two novels, one work of non-fiction, a collection of short stories, and a novel for young readers. He is on the Board of Directors for the Innocence Project in New York and is the Chairman on the Board of Directors for the Mississippi Innocence Project at the Mississippi School of Law. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi. His website is www.johngrisham.co.uk