sib Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 I've just finished reading The Broker by John Grisham. The story revolves around Joel Backman - a Washington power broker convicted of a treasonable offence and sentenced to twenty years. The offence being the touting of software to control a mysterious new satellite system to the highest bidder. Not knowing whose the satellite system is, the head of the CIA hatches a plan to have Backman pardoned and hidden in Italy under a new identity. Later Backman's whereabouts will be leaked and the CIA will watch to see which nation kills him, and so deduce whose satellites they are. Starts well. Slows abit in the middle - too much coffee drinking and strolling about Bologna. Picks up quite nicely towards the end, but I felt it finished a little unresolved. I would have liked to have seen what happened with Sammy Tin, the Chinese assassin. Average - 6 out of 10. :type: Quote
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