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The Rainmaker - John Grisham |
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29.09.01 (48 review reads) |
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Advantages: Another great read
Disadvantages: None
If you have never read Grisham before, this book will make you a fan. If you have, The Rainmaker will be your favourite.
Rudy Baylor is a rookie lawyer who is almost broke. The first case he ever bags is a case that even in his wildest dreams he could never hope to win. It is a bad faith case against a big insurance company. The insurance company could have saved a life if they had not denied a valid claim.
Rudy Baylor's story is told in first person, using the simple present tense all through the book. Maintaining the interest of the reader throughout the substantially lengthy story using this kind of comparatively uncommon style of writing is indeed a feat and only a very confident writer would dare attempt it. John Grisham dares - and succeeds.
Apart from fighting a case that seems almost impossible to win, Rudy has massive financial troubles and just to make thing really complicated he falls in love with a married woman who husband regularly beats he within an inch of her life.
As always the courtroom scenes are relentlessly gripping. The legal machinery is depicted with authority, and why not? Mr Grisham was a lawyer himself. The novel has no sleazy sex and it has a dash of idealism; two features that I feel are becoming very rare in the best-selling fiction of today.
As always with John Grisham the last few pages have a sting in their tail, and leaves you wondering how did it really end?
It is all this and more that make The Rainmaker a real contender for my Top 10 favourite books.
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