The broker
Grisham, John · New York : Doubleday, 2005
- Publisher
- New York : Doubleday, 2005
- Physical description
- 357 pages
- ISBN
- 0385510454
- Dewey classification
- 813.54
- Subjects
- Americans--Italy--FictionAttempted murder--FictionEx-convicts--FictionPardon--FictionItaly--FictionLegal storiesSuspense fiction
- Language
- English
Summary
"In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one else knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system." "Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive - there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is, who will kill him?"--BOOK JACKET
Digital copy
Catalogue record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 001Control number | 18707 |
| 005Date and time of latest transaction | 21 Feb 2011, 08:58 |
| 008Fixed-length data elements | 041124s2005 nyu 000 1 eng |
| 010Library of Congress control number | 2004063530 |
| 020International Standard Book Number (ISBN) | 0385510454 |
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| 041Language code | eng |
| 043Geographic area code | e-it--- |
| 050Library of Congress call number | PS3557.R5355 B76 2005 |
| 082Dewey Decimal call number | 813.54 Bro |
| 100Main entry – personal name | Grisham, John. |
| 245Title statement | The broker / John Grisham. |
| 250Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260Publication, distribution, etc. (imprint) | New York : Doubleday, 2005 |
| 300Physical description | 357 p. ; 25 cm. |
| 520Summary, etc. | "In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one else knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system." "Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive - there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is, who will kill him?"--BOOK JACKET. |
| 650Subject added entry – topical term |
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| 651Subject added entry – geographic name | Italy--Fiction. |
| 655Index term – genre/form |
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