Prisoners with Power (The Brethren - John Grisham)

Member Name: jai_shah

Product:	The Brethren - John Grisham
Date:	18/05/01 (19 review reads)
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Advantages: Readable, Thriller

Disadvantages: Slow at times

Having been bored on a hot summer's afternoon, I decided to sit down in the garden with a book by one of my favourite authors- John Grisham. I was reading his latest offering- The Brethren.

Although it got off to a slow start, after the first hundred pages or so, I just couldn't put the book down, I was addicted!

The Brethren tells the story of the perfect scam that three prisoners run. They hunt out rich men that are hiding the fact that they are gay, and extort money from them. The prisoners stumble upon a secret that could wreck the whole of the US Government- a presidential candidate that hides the fact that he is gay, and is in line to win.

The story follows the attempts of the presidential candidate's spin-doctors to avert the 'terrible' secret from becoming common knowledge, and an elaborate scheme to try and trap the prisoners, without them ever knowing who their victim was. As with all stories, there are twists and turns along the way, and Grisham's strong writing skills shine through. He keeps the reader gripped right up until the very end.

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