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When Mitchell McDeere qualified third in his class at Harvard, offers poured in from every law firm in America. The firm he chose was small, but-well respected. They were prepared to match, and then exceed Mitch's wildest dreams: eighty thousand a year, a BMW and a low-interest mortgage. Now the house, the car and the job are his. Then the nightmares begin: the secret files, the bugs in the new bedroom, the mysterious deaths of colleagues, and the millions of dollars of mob money pouring through the office into the Cayman Islands, dollars that the FBI would do anything to trace. Now Mitch is in the place where dreams end and nightmares begin...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6993 in Books
• Published on: 1998-01-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

From the Publisher
Grisham's bestselling backlist reissued with fantastic new covers

From the Back Cover
When Mitchell McDeere qualified third in his class at Harvard, offers poured in from every law firm in America.

The firm he chose was small, but well-respected. They were prepared to match, and then exceed Mitch’s wildest dreams: eighty thousand a year, a BMW and a low-interest mortgage.

Soon the house, the car and the job were his. Then the nightmares begin: the secret files, the bugs in the new bedroom, the mysterious deaths of colleagues, and the millions of dollars of mob money pouring through the office into the Cayman Islands, dollars that the FBI would do anything to trace.

Now Mitch is in the place where dreams end and nightmares begin…

‘Slickly plotted… unputdownable’ Mail on Sunday

‘A furiously paced thriller’ Sunday Times

‘Enthralling characters and mesmeric plot’ Time Out

About the Author
John Grisham is the author of eighteen bestselling novels. He lives with his family in Virginia and Mississippi.

Customer Reviews

Inspiringly Brilliant.
If I ever saw a classic Grisham this is it ladies and gents. This was the very first Grisham I ever picked up, my dad assured me that it was excellent and on that basis gave it a read. I would like to offer YOU the same assurance. This book is simply inimitable. If you have a liking for the legal and a thirst for thrillers, hay presto, this is what you've been looking for.

The Firm tells the story Mitchell McDeere - Mitch, practically the best that Harvard Law School has to offer, is in demand. All the big boys want him, Wall Street, you name it. After the interview he passed before he got there, he starts work, as a tax layer for Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a small Memphis firm that are apparently more of a family than a firm. The trouble starts hear.

What started out as a very rosy beginning for Mitch, a new BMW, house and student loan paid off by the firm not to mention a huge salary, begins to turn into a nightmare. The firm is not legit. Their crooks. Now Mitch has to get out.

This book, I think, was once described as a compulsive page turner, and man, thats so right. Comfortably within my top five books of all time. And something you need to read! Very strongly recommended to the first time reader of the fantastic and brilliantly talented Grisham.

If you've never read a Grisham - you've never read.

Start well but fades dissapointingly
The first half of this is very well done - ambitious young lawyer joins a law firm who offer him great riches but at a cost of working himself into the ground - can anyone realy survive on so little sleep? Gradually it begins to dawn on him that things might not be what they seem and there is a sinister side to the firm. All this is gripping and belivable in a glossy sort of way.

However, as the book progresses it begins to lose its way. Mafia characters appear who are lifted straight out of ganster central casting. The plot get more and more far fetched and the whole thing is let down by the authors attempt to have it every possible way with the ending. Which is a shame because it started so well.

Fantastic Thriller!!
Mitch McDeere has graduated 3rd in his class at Harvard law, all the big firms are about to come calling. He has come along way from a broken and humble family to make it all the way to the brink of boundless opportunity. The good life is within touching distance and Mitch can almost taste the success.

However what he didn't expect was an offer from a smaller company in Memphis called Bendini, Lambert and Locke who are ready to beat the highest offer of any of the New York of Chicago Firms exceeding Mitch's wildest dreams and fantasies.

The Bendini firm charms the pants of Mitch and it's not long before him and his beautiful wife are heading south to their beautiful new house and BMW, a far cry from the student digs and broken down heap they have been driving while Mitch slugged his way through law school.

'The Firm' is much more than meets the eye, and as they begin to swamp Mitch with work for the bar exam and renovations for his new house, he is approached by an FBI agent early on who informs him that no one has ever left his firm alive! Some have tried and all have ended up dead, for his new employers are none other than the mob itself, and unbeknown to him Mitch has just bought into a life in the mafia, whether he likes it or not.

His only way out is to steal files and hand them over to the feds, thus exposing the corruption, however in doing this not only will he be disbarred for breach of the lawyer client privilege, but he will also face a certain death sentence and a life on the run in the witness protection program. Mitch has a decision to make.

I loved this book, much more so than the film version, which i must say is also a very good adaptation matching the book stride for stride except for a few minor details and ending totally different, which was refreshing and enjoyable.
I felt the book also gave more food for thought and allowed for better plot and character development as so often is the case. I would highly recommend this book as an enjoyable thriller that you'll find easy to get into and hard to put down, enjoy!