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    The Client
    Audiobook (abridged)5 hours

    The Client

    Written by John Grisham

    Narrated by Blair Brown

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb... Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years. Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet. And Reggie will do anything to protect her client -- even take a last, desperate gamble that could win Mark his freedom... or cost them both their lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 4, 2000
    ISBN9780553754704
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    • 4/5
      I believe the beginning was the most exciting and most well written part. Large grain of salt needed to be taken with the characters, but generally a fun read.
    • 4/5
      Enjoyed it!
    • 5/5
      I enjoy John Grisham's work. I lived in Walls, MS by Hernando and it was an added bonus to be able to see the courthouse from the movie. This book pulls you in and is even better than the movie, naturally!
    • 2/5
      Thought I should read a John Grisham, maybe this wasnt the best to start with but after 150 pages the plot was confused and dragging the characters unbelievable, but the premise of the plot was interesting but I couldnt bear to keep reading.
    • 3/5
      John Grisham's The Client tells the story of Mark Sway, whose youthful curiosity leads him to witness the suicide of a Mafia lawyer. Before committing suicide, the Mafia lawyer discloses the location of the body of a high profile murder victim, forcing Sway into a tug of war between disclosing this information to law enforcement and ensuring the protection and safety of his family from Mafia violence.Grisham has mastered the art of the "page turner," but once in the last fourth of the book I wondered how many more pages of nonsensical narrative I would have to turn. The Client is an enjoyable read, served best with an iced drink and a day off from work, but the primary conflict of the story could be quickly resolved if just one of the characters (namely, Mark, Reggie, and Dianne) makes a common sense decision. There are many opportunities to make wise choices and each are approached with implausible foolishness.Mark Sway is a wonderfully developed multidimensional character, whose emotional complexity, sense of humor, and loyalty to family are admirable and relatable. Grisham so accurately portrays the tension between precocious maturity and juvenile folly found in pre-adolescent, older sons with abusive fathers and victimized mothers that it makes ones wonder about the events of Grisham's own life. The remaining characters fall a bit flat, including Reggie, who seems to fit the stereotype of the bleeding heart, sensitive liberal trying to protect an innocent boy from the hands of the evil Republican government, and Judge Harry Roosevelt, the judicial rebel with a pretty obvious cause, who is all too corny to believe. The only secondary character who seems not to come from a cookie-cutter is K.O. Lewis, the Deputy Director of the FBI, who reflects both compassion and justice as well as common sense.One wonders why Grisham felt the need to have a sexy secretary in Roosevelt's courtroom. The "short skirt" scenes seem forced and unnecessary. Must all mainstream fiction express some prurient disposition? Readers would survive if writers didn't try to touch our hearts and our pants.Overall, a pleasurable read with little to offer but entertainment.
    • 5/5
      INCREDIBLE
    • 5/5
      The Client is a taught thriller turner with great main characters in Mark, an 11 year old boy who witnessed a suicide, his lawyer Reggie and a juvie judge. The story kept me turning pages.
    • 4/5
      Good legal thriller.
    • 3/5
      I read this on a road trip to Florida. A good page turner for it's genre.
    • 2/5
      I really didnt care for this book now. I read it back when I was in 5th grade and I remembered that I loved it. But couldn't remember anything but the name and author. But this time the little brother was driving me crazy throughout the book and I didnt care for the person who was reading either.
    • 5/5
      Set in the Southern regions, as are the majority of John Grisham's fictional masterpieces, The Client boasts a suspenseful plot that revolves around a boy named Mark Sway, whom, while out in the woods with his younger brother Ricky, encounters an attorney named Jerome, attempting to commit suicide?in order to save the mafia the trouble of having to kill him. Reason being, Jerome knows the whereabouts of a missing United States Senator named Boyd Boyette, who was actually assassinated by the syndicate and buried in a hidden location. Attorney Jerome, a mafia-hire, knows where Boyette's remains are buried, and he reveals the location to Mark Sway, right before he blows his own brains out. And now, the mafia have found out about Jerome's confession?and about the one to whom he confessed?Mark Sway.

      From there, the break-neck speed and pulse-pounding suspense of The Client does not stop until the final page. With wonderful character developement and nail-biting anxiety, The Client is truly a legal thriller for the record books.
    • 4/5
      A story of lawyers, judges, courts, police and the Mafia. Sounds ominous but in reality is a comedy, at times frustrating.
    • 5/5
      Great book!
    • 5/5
      terrific
    • 5/5
      great book got to read then see the movie.
    • 3/5
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    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this novel more than I thought I would. I was expecting an average courtroom drama. I was not expecting a character like Mark Sway. I enjoyed watching his character develop and he had me laughing from almost the beginning of the story. He suffered a lot throughout and made a lot of twists and turns but he never lost his sense of humor and his wits. My favorite part was when he was left in juvenile detention with a phone. Not exactly how the police were expecting him to use his phone time.
    • 3/5
      Three stars for the suspense that is pretty much Grisham's main forte overall. The characters in this book are over the top (especially the kid) and the story is bit of a stretch.
    • 4/5
      Excellent book about a brave attorney and an even braver little boy.
    • 3/5
      I remember reading this a long time ago during high school and it was a good book. The reason I didn't rate it higher is because I never bother to pick it up again to reread like I have done with previous books. Back in High School I was such a John Grisham fan that I had 10 books of his.

      It was a good book and I would still tell people to read it.
    • 3/5
      A much better read than The Firm was. I liked it and the ending was better too.
    • 4/5
      I had a good time with this book, even after I had seen the movie first. This is a very rare occasion, that I enjoyed reading a whodunnit even after I had seen the movie. Which I'd still watch. The book has wonderful economy in characterization.
    • 4/5
      This is definitely one of my favorite Grishom books. I was so captured by the intelligence, bravery, and vulnerability of the child hero. The relationship between him and his attorney touched my heart.
    • 3/5
      I really liked this book as a kid. All I recall from it now is that he liked sprite and the scene where Reggie's mom fed him lasagna.The plot was entertaining to me at the time and I found the idea of the witness protection plan interesting.
    • 5/5
      John Grisham's "The Client" is a classic that will be read for a very long time. It was written very well with a lot of detail and kept me on the edge of my seat.
    • 3/5
      One of the main characters in this book is Mark Sway, a little ten-year-old boy. He has strong will, you can tell this because he keeps on going through all of this turmoil. He also seems to be really smart, and he speaks like someone who's a lot older than ten-years-old. Another main character is Roy Foltrigg. He is the district attorney in the story. He has a really big ego, and it seems like he's lazy. He always has a team of lawyers who do everything for him, while he takes all of the credit. He seems like a typical man of politics.I feel that I didn't really learn too much from this book. But what I did learn is how much witnessing a crime or knowing about a crime can affect your life. I never knew what kind of power that the mob can have over people's lives. It was interesting to learn this.
    • 5/5
      John Grisham's "The Client" is catchy, fast paced yet intriguing, and just one of those books that I couldn't put down. Each character has such a unique and interesting story, and by the time your finished with it, you feel like you know each of them! I am a huge fan of John Grisham, and this is one of my favorites and a must read for people who are Grisham fan's.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed “The Client.” I thought the characters were very well done, but I must say I thought 11-year-old Mark Sway was a little too street-smart for his age. The, “I saw it in a movie” line is used repeatedly to explain this, but I still don’t buy it. I was also a little disappointed that some loose ends weren’t tied up at the end with an epilogue. Grisham’s a good writer and weaves pretty good stories.
    • 3/5
      This book was average. Mr. Grisham has done better.
    • 4/5
      11-year-old Mark witnesses a suicide, but first the victim tells him where the body is buried.