In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up in the scrub near their house. Eleven year old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette which was stolen from his mothers hand bag. The dangers of smoking rapidly escalate when Mark glimpses a man trying to commit suicide by carbon monoxide in his car nearby and tries to stop him. The guy is Jerome, a lawyer who tells Mark that his mafia client has murdered Senator Boyd Boyette and buried him in the concrete under his garage in New Orleans. Then Jerome puts a bullet in his own head. Little Ricky goes into shock, and so does the mafia client, Barry the Blade Muldanno, who doesn’t want blustery U.S. attorney Reverend Roy Foltrigg to find the corpse and bust him. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. His only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, a fifty-three year old divorc?e who has just turned her life around by becoming a lawyer. Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet. Caught in a ruthless game between the Mob and the amoral authorities, Mark’s family has no defence in the world except Reggie Love 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. 2. FEATURES OF THE NOVEL IN TERMS OF ITS CLASSIFICATION AS A POPULAR NOVEL/BEST SELLER. John Grisham, a.k.a. Master of Suspense, has done it once more! The Client is a powerful novel, a story based upon a boy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The story takes place in New Orleans, present time, where the Mafia is a big thing in New Orleans. Mark Sway and his little brother Ricky are in the woods smoking a ciggarette, when all of a sudden Mark’s life completely changes. John Grisham takes us into Marks’ traumatic experiences and helps us understand his position and reasoning for things. As far as weak points go, I could not find a disappointing moment in the book at all, it grips a hold of you and will not let go, until you feel the fear inside of you bubble, and the hot breath of the mafia on your neck. After writing so many books you’d figure Mr. Grisham would be out of ideas, but The Client is another best seller. With its “edge of the seat” story plot, gripping effects, attention grabbing scenes, there is no way you can just stop turning the pages. The characters in this story have such extreme detail, that you feel as if you have known these people all of your life, and the way Grisham writes his books, makes you feel as if you are right inside the plot itself. I give both thumbs up too John Grisham for doing it once again!
The Essay on Mark Twain 2 American Stories Writing
Samuel Clemens better known as Mark Twain speaks best about the American experience through is unique literary voice, and through his classic writing techniques. His humorous writing tone, accomplished by over exaggeration, brought him to be one of the finest American fiction writers of his time. Regional dialect and slang were just a few of his techniques used in capturing the local color of the ...
