The Firm is a
fictitious story about a young law student, Mitchell McDeere's employment with
the Bendini, Lambert and Locke law firm. The firm is isolated in Memphis and
claimed exclusive. Mitch is attracted with the law payments and advantages
including new BWM, low mortgage rate and the firm repays his studying debts.
Mitch and Abby are lured by the lifestyle upgrade. But employment with the firm
means permanent. There are other associates that tried to leave but end up dead
in unexplainable circumstances. As the story unfolds, Mitch is confronted FBI
agent, Wayne Tarrance and gradually learns that the firm he worked for have
ties with one of the biggest Mafia family in the states, Morolto family. The
agent claimed that Mitch is watched and listened in his house and car. The
bureau suspects that the firm is responsible for Morolto money laundering, tax
fraud and some others dirty money works. Mitch agreed to help as undercover and
with the help of Abby and Tammy, they managed to get them thousands of internal
files from the firm. Bill De Vasher, head security of the firm has suspicions
about MItch. Mitch managed to escaped with Abby along with his brother, Ray and
brought 10 million dollars from both the firm an the FBI. With the documents,
the FBI succeed to indict the firm and the mafia. For Mitch, he settled down in
the Caribbean islands with Abby and Ray.
THE AUTHOR
John Grisham
ü John Ray Grisham Jr.
ü American lawyer, writer
ü Born February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas
ü Legal thrillers, crime fictions
MAIN CHARACTER
Mitchell McDeere
→ A law student graduated with honors from
Harvard, recruited in Bendini, Lamber and Locke
→ Poor background, has two brothers, Ray McDeere
and Rusty McDeere
→ Married to Abby, a third-grade teacher
→ Ambitious and hungry for success
Abby McDeere
→ A beautiful lady from Kentucky, married to
Mitchell McDeere
→ Serves in a private school in Memphis as a
third-grade teacher
→ Frustrated with Mitch for his working overtime
with the firm
→ Help Mitch copy the dirty files from Bendini,
Lambert and Locke
this book have teach us that our eagerness towards money could lead to serious problems.but on the other hand,if we are smart enough to handle it,we could somehow benefit from that situation .
for the ratings, i should give this book 6 out of 10 .
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