The Partner by John Grisham

A detailed Summary of The Partner by John Grisham

As the book opens, a group of private investigators in Brazil kidnaps an American named Patrick Lanigan, a former Biloxi, Miss., lawyer who stole $90 million from his firm, and avoided capture for more than four years. Patrick changed his looks and didn't live that opulent life style of a millionaire as they thought he would be.

By the time the F.B.I found out that private investigator had caught Patrick, he was half-dead, there was no mercy on him. Patrick's body had burns all over where they tortured him. After the F.B.I frightened Jack to put in jail if he won't bring him Patrick in whole peace tortures stopped and Patrick was moved from Brazil to a hospital in America for a full recovery.

Patrick has allegedly faked his own death in a car accident, and watched his own funeral from a distant tree. He then altered his appearance by losing 50 pounds, having plastic surgery and changed his name to Danilo Silva.

Patrick's family and colleagues reacted differently as they notified that he was alive. His "widow" wife who lived very happy after she collected money from Life Insurance and inheritance that Patrick left for her. She bought a beautiful house, a new car, and lived with her lover Lance. They were so sc

ared that now their new life in jeopardy that they began to plane Patrick's murder. Patrick's greedy law partners, still practicing though officially bankrupt because of his theft, are ecstatic because they may yet retrieve a good part of the $90 million he stole.

People didn't waist their time and while Patrick was recovering he managed to get himself indicted for capital murder, sued for divorce, stolen money, plus punitive damages, sued for thirty million by his old law firm buddies, sued by Insurance company, plus another ten million in punitive for good measure.

Grisham is very good at developing a story and making it rich with other little sub-stories. This book deals with lawyers, bad marriages, and the value of good friendship in a cruel and lonely world. We also sense a great deal of crookedness but the book does not really discuss it. I liked that the author did not really go deep into a social problem of the character. Here you appreciate Grisham as the book reads itself. You do not have to make any effort. He brings a lot of characters into the picture but you never lose your concentration. He stays shallow and does not go into deep maintaining a wide array of personalities and little related stories attached to his hero. The characters are rather forgettable but the plot is a survival tale so rich that it stays with you for a while.

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Approximate Word count = 1752
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English