Grisham | The Broker
The Broker by John Grisham is a fast-moving political and espionage thriller built around secrets powerful enough to make one man the target of intelligence agencies around the world. In his final hours in the Oval Office, an outgoing US President grants a controversial pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent six years in federal prison. Unknown to the public, the decision has been encouraged by the CIA, which believes Backman once obtained information capable of compromising an extraordinarily sophisticated satellite surveillance system.
Quietly smuggled out of America, Backman is given a new identity and a new life in Italy. But his freedom is an elaborate experiment. Once he has settled in, the CIA plans to reveal his whereabouts to several foreign powers and watch to see who comes to kill him. Surrounded by enemies he cannot identify, Backman must unravel the secret that made him so dangerous while learning how to survive in an unfamiliar world. Combining international intrigue, intelligence operations and a relentless pursuit across Italy, The Broker is classic Grisham suspense.
- • Publisher: Arrow Books
• Language: English
• Cover: Paperback
• Publication date: August 2005
• Number of pages: 480
• Dimensions: approximately 178 × 110 × 30 mm
• Weight: approximately 255–267 g
• Genre: Political thriller, spy thriller, crime fiction
• Location: USA and Italy






