Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | The Broker |
| author | John Grisham |
| ISBN-10 | 0-09-945716-4 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-09-945716-9 |
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| date | 2024-May-18 |
Joel Backman, known as "The Broker", one of the most influential figures in Washington's political circles, is in prison, mainly for his own protection, rather than for committing a crime. When he suddenly is released way ahead of time, he is secretly brought to Italy by the CIA. For his protection, he is told. But the CIA is playing a double game; in due course, Backman's whereabouts shall be leaked to certain foreign agencies...
Even though the story is about spies and the like, most of the content describes how Joel Backman hates confinement to a small radius in Italy, hates learning a new language, starts wandering his new environment, rapidly adjusts to his new life, picks up not only the Italian way but also the language and seemingly grows fond of what he first hated. There are lots of details about the Italian city of Bologna, which the reader discovers together with Joel.
Grisham succeeds in keeping the reader glued to the pages, turning them one after another. Even though the action scenes are fewer than in many other thrillers, "The Broker" is captivating and difficult to put away for the night.
