Джон
Гришем
John Grisham
США, 8.2.1955
Писатель
Родился
в Джонсборо, штат Арканзас. В 1967 году семья переехала в Саутхэйвен (Миссисиппи).
Учился последовательно в Высшей школе Саутхэйвена, Северо-Западном колледже, кливлендском
университете, старквилльском университете штата Миссисиппи.
Последняя перемена
учебного заведения была связана с тем, что Гришэм бросил бейсбол и занялся экономикой.
Он хотел "взрослеть и учиться". По окончании курса в 1977 он продолжил
обучение в оксфордском университете штата Миссисиппи, специализируясь сначала
по налоговому, затем уголовному законодательству. В 1981 открыл собственный офис
в Саутхэйвене. Занимался преимущественно уголовной адвокатурой и делами о нарушении
личной неприкосновенности. В 1983 занимал выборную должность. Литературной деятельностью
увлекся в 1984, спустя пять лет вышла первая книга - "Время убивать".
Вторая книга, "Фирма"(1991), в течение 47 недель оставалась в списке
бестселлеров, а права на экранизацию приобрел Голливуд за 600 000 долларов. В
дальнейшем Гришэм опубликовал ряд романов, в том числе "Партнер" (1997),
"Адвокат" (1998), "Покрашенный дом" (2001), "Брокер"
(2005). Многие его произведения легли в основу голливудских фильмов, в их числе
- "Фирма" (1993, реж. Сидней Поллак), "Дело о пеликанах" (1993,
реж. Алан Дж. Пакула), "Пора убивать" (1996, реж. Джоель Шумахер). Джон
Гришэм и его жена Рене Джонс живут в Оксфорде (Миссисиппи) и Шарлоттсвилле (Вирджиния).
У них двое детей: Ти (сын) и Ши. Издает журнал The Oxford American.
--
John
Grisham
The
Associate
Специальная цена - 783 руб.
Суперобложка (2009)
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Издательство:
Century, 2009 г.
Суперобложка, 384 стр.
ISBN 9781846050923
Язык: Английский
Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation: he's good-looking,
has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him. But he has a secret
from his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his fledgling career and, possibly,
his entire life.
One night that secret catches up with him in the form of some
bad men in a dark alley - they have a deeply compromising video of the incident
that haunts him. The men make it clear to Kyle that he no longer owns his own
future - that he must do as they tell him, or the video will be made public knowledge,
with all the unpleasant consequences.
What price do they demand for Kyle's
secret? Strangely, it is for Kyle to do exactly what any ambitious young lawyer
would want to do: take a job in New York as an associate at the largest law firm
in the world, a job that is incredibly well paid and, with mammoth hours and outrageous
billing, could lead to partnership and a fortune.
However, Kyle won't be working
for the company, but against it - passing on the secrets of the firm's biggest
trial to date, a dispute between two defence contractors worth billions of dollars
to the victor. Now Kyle is caught between the criminal forces manipulating him,
and the FBI, who would love to unmask the conspiracy. Will his intellect, cunning
and bravery be enough to extricate him from an impossible dilemma?
---
John
Grisham
Playing
for Pizza
Мягкая обложка (2008)
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Издательство:
A Dell Book, 2008 г.
Мягкая обложка, 320 стр.
ISBN 978-0-440-29682-9
Язык:
Английский
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland
Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually
everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes
to go. Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history
of the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock - and was immediately
cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams.
But all Rick knows is football,
and he insists that his agent find a team that needs him. Against enormous odds.
Rick finally gets a job - as the starting quarterback for the Mighty Panthers…
of Parma, Italy. The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player - any
former NFL player - at their helm. And now they've got Rick, who knows nothing
about Parma (not even where it is) and doesn't speak a word of Italian. To say
that Italy - the land of fine wines, extremely small cars, and football Americano
- holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement…
--
John
Grisham
The
Firm
Мягкая обложка (2007)
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Издательство:
Arrow Books, 2007 г.
Мягкая обложка, 496 стр.
ISBN 9780099830009
Язык:
Английский
When Mitchell McDeere qualified third in his class at Harvard,
offers poured in from every law firm in America.
The firm he chose was small,
but-well respected. They were prepared to match, and then exceed Mitch's wildest
dreams: eighty thousand a year, a BMW and a low-interest mortgage.
Now the
house, the car and the job are his. Then the nightmares begin: the secret files,
the bugs in the new bedroom, the mysterious deaths of colleagues, and the millions
of dollars of mob money pouring through the office into the Cayman Islands, dollars
that the FBI would do anything to trace.
Now Mitch is in the place where dreams
end and nightmares begin...
--
John
Grisham
The
Chamber
Мягкая обложка (2003)
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Издательство:
A Dell Book, 2003 г.
Мягкая обложка, 688 стр.
ISBN 0-440-22060-2
Язык:
Английский
In the Corridors of Chicago's Top Law Firm: A young lawyer stands
on the brink of a brilliant career. Now twenty-six-year-old Adam Hall is risking
it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case.
Maximum Security Unit,
Mississippi State Prison: Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist
facing the death penalty for a fatal bombing in 1967. Cayhall has run out of chances
- except for one: a young, liberal Chicago lawyer who just happens to be his grandson.
While
the executioners prepare the gas chamber, while the protesters gather and the
TV cameras wait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes to save his client. For between
the two men is a chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets - including the one
secret that could save Sam Cayhall's life...or cost Adam his.
--
John
Grisham
The
Street Lawyer
Мягкая обложка (2003)
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Издательство:
A Dell Book, 2003 г.
Мягкая обложка, 464 стр.
ISBN 0-440-22570-1
Язык:
Английский
Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing
relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm. One step
away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, in an instant, it all comes undone.
A
homeless man takes nine lawyers hostage in the firm's plush offices. When it is
all over, the man's blood is splattered on Michael's face-and suddenly Michael
is willing to do the unthinkable. Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago,
Michael is leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker once lived-and
where society's powerless need an advocate for justice.
--
John
Grisham
The
Broker
Мягкая обложка (2005)
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Before
he was sent to federal prison for treason (among other things), Joel Backman was
an extremely powerful man. Known as "the broker," Backman was a high
roller--a lawyer making $10 million a year who could "open any door in Washington."
That is, until he tried to broker a deal selling access to the world's most powerful
satellite surveillance system to the highest bidder. When caught, Backman accepted
prison as the one option that would keep him safe and alive, since the interested
parties (the Israelis, the Saudis, the Russians, and the Chinese) were all itching
to get their hands on his secrets at any cost. Little does he know that his own
government has designs on accessing that information--or at least letting it die
with him. Now, six years after his incarceration, the director of the CIA convinces
a lame duck president to pardon Backman, and the broker becomes a free man--and
an open target.
--
John
Grisham
The
Client
Мягкая обложка (2003)
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In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull
up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing
a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark
knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after
dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a
mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named
Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years. Prosecutors are willing
to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep
him quiet. 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.
--
John
Grisham
The
Partner
Мягкая обложка (2003)
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Издательство:
A Dell Book, 2003 г.
Мягкая обложка, 480 стр.
ISBN 0440224764
Язык: Английский
Once
he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm.
Then Patrick Lanigan stole ninety million dollars from his own firm-and ran for
his life. For four years, he evaded men who were rich, powerful, and would stop
at nothing to find him. Then, inevitably, on the edge of the Brazilian jungle,
they finally tracked him down.
Now Patrick is coming home. And in the Mississippi
city where it all began, an extraordinary trial is about to begin. As prosecutors
circle like sharks, as Patrick's lawyer prepares his defense, as Patrick's lover
prays for his deliverance and his former partners wait for their revenge, another
story is about to emerge. Because Patrick Lanigan, the most reviled white-collar
criminal of his time, knows something that no one else in the world knows.
He
knows the truth....
--
John
Grisham
A
Painted House
Мягкая обложка (2003)
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Издательство:
A Dell Book, 2003 г.
Мягкая обложка, 480 стр.
ISBN 0-440-23722-X
Язык:
Английский
Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a
secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year,
two groups of migrant workers - and two very dangerous men - came through the
Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding
Luke's world.
A brutal murder leaves the town seething in gossip and suspicion.
A beautiful young woman ignites forbidden passions. A fatherless baby is born
... and someone has begun furtively painting the bare clapboards of the Chandler
farmhouse, slowly, painstakingly, bathing the run-down structure in gleaming white.
And as young Luke watches the world around him, he unravels secrets that could
shatter lives - and change his family and his town forever....
--
John
Grisham
The
Pelican Brief
Мягкая обложка (2003)
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In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh
home... In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death... The
next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated.
And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief... To Darby Shaw
it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington
establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder
- a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person
she can trust - an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate
- to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of
Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered.
For someone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy
the evidence of an unthinkable crime.
--
John
Grisham
The
Summons
Мягкая обложка (2003)
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Издательство:
A Dell Book, 2003 г.
Мягкая обложка, 384 стр.
ISBN 0-440-24107-3
Язык:
Английский
Once Judge Alice was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi
- a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty
years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who
has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near. Judge
Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his
estate. Ray Atlee is the eldest, a Virginia law professor, newly single and still
enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. Forrest is Ray's younger brother,
who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep. The summons is typed by the
judge himself, on his handsome old stationer), and gives the date and time for
Ray and Forrest to appear in his study. Ray reluctantly heads south to his hometown,
to the place where he grew up and now prefers to avoid. But the family meeting
does not take place. The judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a
shocking secret known only to Ray.
And perhaps someone else.
--
John
Grisham
Bleachers
Мягкая
обложка (2004)
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Издательство:
A Dell Book, 2004 г.
Мягкая обложка, 240 стр.
ISBN 0-440-24200-2
Язык:
Английский
High school ail-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best
quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have
gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach
Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty.
Now,
as Coach Rake's "boys" sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming
field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old games, relive the old
glories, and try to decide once and for all whether they love Eddie Rake-or hate
him. For Neely Crenshaw, a man who must finally forgive his coach-and himself-before
he can get on with his life, the stakes are especially high....
--
John
Grisham
The
Testament
Мягкая обложка (2000)
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Издательство:
Dell, 2000 г.
Мягкая обложка, 544 стр.
ISBN 0-440-23474-3
Язык: Английский
Heart
of darkness...
In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously
rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send
a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions, a message that will
touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives.
Because Troy
Phelan's new will names a sole surprise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune:
a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles
of Brazil.
Enter the lawyers. Nate O'Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced
corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost.
As Phelan's family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate is crashing through the
Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just
one misstep away, and where a woman--pursued by enemies and friends alike--holds
a stunning surprise of her own....
--
John
Grisham
Skipping
Christmas
Мягкая обложка (2007)
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Издательство:
A Dell Book, 2007 г.
Мягкая обложка, 240 стр.
ISBN 978-0-440-24257-4
Язык:
Английский
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny
office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and
Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the
holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a
rooftop Frosty; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't
even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're
setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple is about to discover,
skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences-and isn't half as easy as they'd
imagined.
A classic tale for modern times, Skipping Christmas offers a hilarious
look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition.
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