Nice Try but better luck next time. Review on Broker, The - John Grisham

Grisham should stick to law only. He is not a spy-thriller writer. But he has tried his best and has produced an OK book.

The title of the book does not seem to be relevant. The book is a bit disoriented. It means that the editing of the sequences has not been done properly. Till about three-fourth of the book you do not have any idea what is going on.

The story is about a man (the ‘broker’), who has spent six years in prison and is granted a pardon by a White House leaving president under the pressure of the CIA. He is taken to Italy where he is kept hidden. The CIA tries to blend him into the country as a citizen. The reader is kept in the shadows as to why he has been pardoned and why he is being hidden for a very long time. This irritates one. It seems that you are reading rubbish and meaningless story of a man trying to learn Italian language.

But towards the end you start getting the idea of the whole thing and everything starts making sense. The ending is abrupt but acceptable. You may forget the irritation of the beginning after reading the end.

Overall the book is time-pass. It is not to be specially bought and read like other John Grisham books.