THE CLIENT by John Grisham is an action,
suspense novel about boy who learned to
much from a Mafia lawyer.
Mark is
an eleven year old boy who is growing up in a trailer home with his mom Diane,
and his nine year old brother Ricky. The incident all began when Ricky stumbled
over a pack of cigarettes Mark was hiding under his bed, immediately Ricky was
curios about smoking and wanted to give it try. So he blackmailed Mark to teach
him how. Mark was reluctant but agreed and they set out for the woods where
Mark had spent most of his time.
This
time was different though for some reason a car pulled in the dense woods a
place where Mark had never seen another soul except for high school kids who
came to smoke dope. The car was a big black Lincoln Town car and it immediately
caught Marks attention. Even more disturbing was when a heavy set man came out
of the car and set a water hose in his exhaust pipe, Mark knew at that point
the mans purpose was suicide. Mark took it upon himself not to let this man
kill himself because he felt it was his obligation. After Mark freed the hose
from the cars exhaust pipe several times he
was caught by the man and dragged into the car to die with him. In the
car Mark learned the mans story. He was a Mafia layer who represented the
biggest and meanest Mafia man in the country "Barry the Blade
Mulando." His client had killed a senator and buried the body so no
evidence would be found, only this lawyer and his client and now Mark knew
where it was buried. After a long while of being trapped in the man car Mark
escaped and ran from the man who ends up
shooting him self in the head when both Ricky and Mark where watching. Days
later back in New Orleans Barry hears of the kid and about his dead lawyer and
concludes that the kid must know the location of the body, and then decides
that for safe being the kid should be killed, and if was not for Marks lawyer
this might have been the case. But the two of them were very persistent and had
a strong will to do what they thought was right and to survive.
In The Client Mark represents many kids who
have tough lives and problems. Obviously Marks case is an extreme but on the
same line it's not very different. Even though Mark struggles greatly he never
gives up he was persistent. This is what it takes for many young kids growing
up with bad surroundings and no shelter, and this is a strong point in the
book. Grisham does a great job of illustrating an important point.
This was one of the most well written books I
have ever read. I feel it deserves tremendous credit. There was never a dull
sentence our a part that dragged on. It was one of those books that you can't
put down. It was all ended with a superb ending that no one could have possibly
guessed. Grisham did a superb job of developing the characters and tying them
together just as he did with the plot, and because of his tremendous writing
skills it made for an all around astounding book!
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