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The Partner (Mass Market Paperback) (平装)
by John Grisham
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Law, Escape, Fiction |
| Market price: ¥ 108.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
The Partner by John Grisham, a fictional novel, is a compelling story of law and escape. |
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Entertainment Weekly (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
One terrific book-smart, fast, stingingly satiric, and almost criminally entertaining. |
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The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
Brilliant...John Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing today. |
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Beverley Strong (MSL quote), Australia
<2007-02-02 00:00>
Patrick Lanigan is a minor partner in a Biloxi law firm when he is killed in a car accident. Not long after the accident, he is found to have milked the firm of $90 million and is actually in hiding, waiting for time to pass so that he can start a new life. He is tracked to Brazil and, when captured, is tortured to force him to reveal where the money is hidden. It's a fascinating book with tortuous twists and turns and which could only have been written by someone with a solid legal background. A great read !
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S. Roach (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
Though the book was a bit predictable, I liked the writing style and the simplicity of it and loved the plot. I always learn something more about the legal profession when reading Grisham's books. However, he doesn't provide enough character development about co-leading good-guy characters (Eva, Sandy). The way Patrick got out of all his legal troubles was not very realistic but fascinating escapist fare nonetheless. The ending seemed as though he couldn't come up with something better or couldn't decide how to end the story, so with no clues whatsoever along the way, he severed the story abruptly before it was due to end. A clue or two along the way would have made the same ending satisfying and believable, but to have a character suddenly become a totally different person in the last two pages of a book or else to have the character disappear altogether left me feeling duped and pissed off at the author for his lack of planning and feeling like he didn't really do his job all that well after all. With all the thought that went into this book to set up the elaborate plot, I think Grisham could have put a bit more thought into either creating a believable ending or leaving clues along the way. I don't think any reader likes to be 2x4'd at the end of an enjoyable book, which is what the lack of clues makes this out to be.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
This book gets off to a fabulous start. We meet Patrick Lanigan, a southern attorney who ripped off his corrupt law partners for [a large sum of money]and escaped the country, started a new life and found true love. After year's of being tracked, he is caught, tortured and returned to America to face justice (in many forms).
The story of his original escape (including committing murder...or did he?) is fascinating, and the book hums along for a long time. His secrets are slowly revealed, and we grow in sympathy for him as we grow in our dislike for his opponents.
Grisham keeps things moving along nicely, and the first 75% of the book zooms by enjoyably. But towards the end, we realize Lanigan has planned things SO carefully that virtually all suspense is drained. We sense how things are going to turn out, and all we get to do then is watch our expectations play out quite predictably. Much like Grishams THE RUNAWAY JURY, Grisham drains too much suspense from the proceedings by stacking the deck so highly in favor of the hero. And there really isn't a true climax for that reason, so we don't get to expel any pent up tension, and the book leaves us with a dissatisfied feeling.
I still recommend it, though. It's short enough that we don't actually feel "cheated" by the less than thrilling conclusion, we just wish it could have been more. The characters are still enjoyable, and we get to genuinely like some of the players, especially Lanigan and his attorney (and old friend), Sandy. Don't expect this book to be the "be all and end all" and you'll be fine. It's also easy reading and pretty clean (except for some extramarital shennanigans by Patrick's wife), and might make a nice book for a youth (15 or so) looking to make a foray into adult popular fiction.
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Lynne Caldwell (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
Thankfully, John Grisham has written another page turner in the great tradition of The Firm. This novel has so many twists and turns that you may want to buckle your seat belt for a thrilling ride! I couldn't wait to finish reading this book-it was hard to put it down. The entire time I was reading I was thinking, "there is no way Patrick is going to get out of this one!" As in Grisham's previous 'lawyer' novels, I was fairly confident that the protagonist would not only survive his predicament (and come out on top), but that the villains would 'get theirs' in the end. I really couldn't see how our dear Patrick (I ended up really liking him and respecting his intelligence) would prevail. He had too many variables against him. Plus, he confessed to most of his crimes. I should have just trusted Grisham to give me the ending I wanted and he sort of did. I don't want to give away anything but I was a little disappointed in the last few pages of this story. Everything else though, was typical Grisham. I recommend The Partner to everyone who loves to read.
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Juan Uribe (MSL quote), Colombia
<2007-02-02 00:00>
An attorney steals US$90 million from their partners, but is him a thief? As everything in life nothing is black and white and indeed Mr. Grisham does a superb work showing how in life nothing is what it seems in the surface. Granted, he relies to much in coincidence to explain parts of the plot, but what the hell, the reader knows it is buying a shallow work, not a Pulitzer Price masterpiece. So that sort of happy go lucky developments are to be expected.
In any case, the book provides what it offers, that is, a very interesting novel in which the reader is hooked to the book to see how the main character Patrick Lanigan, whether a crook or not, works his way out of the mess he and his girlfriend are in. Since the solutions are not made out of bullets, kicks and fists, but out of sheer strategy, it is almost impossible not to feel a large degree of emphaty with Lanigan.
Some people wonder why shall a "thief" be the hero of the novel. Well, (i) Lanigan just wants to beat the system (a very strong need in all of us) and (ii) most of his actions are oriented towards self defense against other persons who are essentially dishonest.
However, the last two pages of the book are not really necessary, they do not make the plot smarter, are difficult to encopass with the smart personality of Mr. Lannigan, and are not made for this type of novels. They are a BIG mistake by the author.
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Blender (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
Grisham's work keeps getting better and better. As lawyers-turned-authors go (and you could name any "professional" who leaves their former careers to write fiction), Grisham is in my opinion, THE best of the lot. The Partner focuses on Patrick Lanigan, an attorney in a small partnership in the South. Patrick builds a house of cards with deft sleight of hand, absconding with $90 million of the firm's money that he knows the firm was going to collect for a fraudulent case.
Patrick disappears for four years, while the firm hunts him down, never seeming to get any closer to him or leave any trace of where he has gone to next. Strangely enough, as clever as he has been, his pursuers finally manage to find him in a small Brazilian town, and after capturing him, begin to torture him slowly to make him reveal where the money went. Patrick safeguards himself through his attorney and lover, leaving the details of the money's whereabouts and transfers to her.
Despite his legal acumen and planning/foresight, this proves to be Patrick's undoing in the end, but I won't spoil your reading by giving away much more than that...
All in all, this is one of Grisham's best novels, a very intense and gripping tale of dishonesty at many levels. Grisham subtly suggests that although a person may "win", crime does NOT pay, even if what you do is significantly more righteous (or less dishonest, as the case may be) than someone else.
Be prepared to burn the midnight oil on this one!
Peace out.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
Well, as a fan of John Grisham, it is difficult for me to find the negatives in his work. However, in "The Partner", I found myself floundering to continue reading. And I do believe Grisham is now groping to keep up with the high demand for his books.
The plot seemed like a "plug & play" device. Lawyer, Patrick Lanigan steals millions from his huge law firm. His troubles really begin when they find him in Brazil, living a quiet life as Danilo Silva.
This is quasi so-so read, but nothing compared to Grisham's first, "A Time To Kill".
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
Patrick Lanigan was a young lawyer who had recently become a partner in a propsperous law firm. Feeling a sense of hopelessness in his life, he plotted for months on how he would disappear and start a new life in a foreign country. He learned about a scheme in which his law firm would earn $90 million dollars for their client. Patrick obtained a new identity and stole the money. He started a new life in Brazil with a beautiful young woman, but was always looking over his shoulder. Four years later, he was found and tortured. He was brought back to the US and treated at a hospital while under arrest. He took that time to create an impecable defense for himself and eventually all charges were dropped and he went back to Brazil with $30 million dollars to live happily ever after. But he didn't... I would strongly recommend this book to anyone looking for an intriguing story that is a fast read. I loved the character of Patrick Lanigan, with his attention to detail and the remarkable tactics he used to win his case. I did not enjoy the ending, however, because it left you with a sense of disappointment and wonder. It was still an entertaining book that I couldn't wait to finish.
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