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The Firm Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

John Grisham (Author), Scott Brick (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)
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At the top of his class at Harvard Law, he had  his choice of the best in America. He made a deadly  mistake. When Mitch McDeere signed on with  Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought he  and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way.  The firm leased him a BMW, paid off his school  loans, arranged a mortgage and hired him a  decorator. Mitch McDeere should have remembered what his  brother Ray -- doing fifteen years in a Tennessee  jail -- already knew. You never get nothing for  nothing. Now the FBI has the lowdown on Mitch's  firm and needs his help. Mitch is caught between a  rock and a hard place, with no choice -- if he  wants to live.
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  1. Listening Length
    17 hours and 10 minutes
  2. Author
    John Grisham
  3. Narrator
    Scott Brick
  4. Audible release date
    September 16, 2009
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Random House Audio
  7. ASIN
    B002PE36VO
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 17 hours and 10 minutes
Author John Grisham
Narrator Scott Brick
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date September 16, 2009
Publisher Random House Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B002PE36VO
Best Sellers Rank #2,164 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#15 in Legal Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals)
#19 in Legal Thrillers (Books)
#233 in Suspense (Audible Books & Originals)

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
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A page-turning, captivating legal thriller that any fan (or newbie) won't be able to put down
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A page-turning, captivating legal thriller that any fan (or newbie) won't be able to put down
The Firm centers around Mitch, a young, ambitious lawyer who joins a prestigious but secretive firm. Things seem too good to be true, and they are — Mitch ends up in way over his head. Two of his coworkers die under suspicious circumstances, and the pace doesn't slow down after that. You wonder: Just what sort of business is this firm doing?I liked Mitch (most of the time) and his young wife. I was rooting for them to do the right thing. Mitch's bosses make the hair stand up on the back of your head, and you know something's not quite right. This was my first legal thriller and it was a perfect genre read and classic, I couldn't have asked for any more.Overall, great twists, a fast pace and characters that you root for.
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Paula D
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice novel
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024
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Fast paced and easy to read. A good next chapter from “the Firm”.
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Duane Hickler
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating story
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024
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Grishams writings always are amazing and fun to read. Their is always so much going on that it is hard to put down.
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4.0 out of 5 stars …a legal ‘rollercoaster’ thrill ride!
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
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Book Review - The Firm - John Grisham
“The Firm” is the second novel by John Grisham after “A Time To Kill.” This suspense thriller ultimately placed him as one of the best-selling authors in the world whose legal thrillers have become a must-read for many people throughout the world. The Firm tells the story of a young lawyer and brilliant Harvard law graduate named Mitch McDeere, played by Tom Cruise in the movie. He joins a small prestigious law firm called Bendini, Lambert and Locke in Memphis, Tennessee who laters discovers is part of the crime activities of the mob particularly that of the Morolto family. In it, we get to see McDeere try to go through complex actions as he tries to protect his family; outwit the mob and the partners of his law firm; cooperate with the FBI within the boundaries allowed by his profession; and escape death from people who are trying to kill him. Wow, what a rollercoaster ride! This is a mesmerizing and suspenseful novel as we get to see a high tension story and one will definitely cheer for McDeere to succeed in everything that he does. Also, it is worthy to mention that the book has interesting characters in it and it is excellently written by Grisham as the story for once never dragged one bit. Unknowingly, we also get to learn a thing or two about the law particularly that of taxes and the profession of being a lawyer. Overall, this is a great book and I’m especially excited for its follow up, “The Exchange.”
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Duane Hudnall
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved the book!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024
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Most of us read the book, then watch the movie. I reversed this one. I totally enjoyed both the book and the movie. The book and movie aligned perfectly down to minute details in the beginning. As the book went on, the differences grew. Not in a bad way. Can't wait to read the next one!! Mr. Grisham, great read!!!
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Marie-Jo Fortis
5.0 out of 5 stars CLEAVER AND SMART LIKE GRISHAM CLASSIC
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2023
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THE FIRM by John Grisham
Finished on July 7, 2023

I read a good number of Grisham novels. I am not sure The Firm is part of them, but I remember the movie as one splendid adaptation with a brilliant Tom Cruise. The book came out in 1985, the Sydney Pollack film, in 1993. I rented it thirty years later with Prime and didn’t care whether I would watch it till the end or not. The incessant jazzy music sliding through the action is annoying as it seems to belong more to a comedy than a thriller. If Cruise enters Grisham’s character Mitch like a reincarnation, as the movie progresses Grisham’s voice takes a distance, and Pollack’s not so-subtle interpretation and re-writing take over. Truth is the movie has aged.

The novel has not.

The Firm sets Mitch McDeere, a young man right out of Harvard law school, into a job offer he cannot refuse. The pay is fabulous right from the start, and it comes with a Mercedes for him, a Peugeot for his wife, a low interest mortgage in an upper-class neighborhood, you get the drift. The firm only hires men at this point, but with all the bonuses in sight and a future that only goes upwards, Mitch and his wife go from poor students to rich capitalists. Just like that.

Too good to be true?

While Mitch prepares the taxes of the wealthy, he discovers an underside to his work that includes suspicious deaths, drugs, and mafia. He discovers there are cameras in his house, and that everything he says to or does with his wife is being recorded. With cleverness, strategy, and courage, and with the help of Tammy. the secretary of a murdered private eye and a gem of a character, he reproduces the dark files of the firm and assembles evidence that he will hand to the FBI, with whom he has been secretly collaborating.

What the reader finds out during the process is that mafia and FBI use similar methods and similar lack of heart, ready as they are to sacrifice whatever is in their way, and that includes people helping them. Mitch included.

I get into Grisham’s undertones of sarcasm and humor, his insights of the human psyche only after I realize that his prose is more minimalist than simplistic. The wording is his scaffolding. Here a building slowly rises, made of a consistent plot, solid character studies, and a clean prose. And yet everything inside that building is a maze and a precipice until things are caught in time and everything reassembled in a logical way, explaining the why, the when, the how. Enthusiasm and naivete cohabitate with Machiavellian manipulations, The Firm is as current as ever.

I wonder with Part 2 of the book, coming out in the Fall, will bring. I am not the only Grisham fan who read or reread The Firm just for that reason. What I know if that I have read a Grisham classic and that it feels so good.
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PeppaK
5.0 out of 5 stars A NAIL BITER!
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
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I enjoyed the excitement but some of the detailed discussions between characters was overdone. I skimmed some of the book after reading 75%.
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Randy Kindschuh
5.0 out of 5 stars Just as good as the Movie, The Firm.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2024
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I saw the movie several years ago and have just now read the book. As is often the case, the movie deviated a bit from the book, but both were very good.
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Joel E. Mitchell
4.0 out of 5 stars Between the Mob and the FBI
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024
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I picked up The Firm when it went way on sale in anticipation of a sequel (The Exchange). Legal thrillers aren’t my usual fare and I’m ambivalent about John Grisham, but this tale of a young lawyer caught between the mob and the FBI kept me interested the whole way through. Some of the plot points seemed a bit improbable, but then again I don’t really know the capabilities and MO of law firms, the mafia, or the FBI in the early 90’s (and I don’t mind suspending disbelief for a good story). The sense of constant paranoia is what really made this work for me. It was good enough that I’ll probably eventually check out The Exchange. Overall, not bad for a 33 year old thriller!
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Sergio
5.0 out of 5 stars The Firm
Reviewed in Brazil on March 28, 2024
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Gostando muito
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Gisela Rodríguez
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book
Reviewed in Mexico on February 27, 2022
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John Grisham is always a good choice!
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Günther Diener
5.0 out of 5 stars Alles prima
Reviewed in Germany on April 5, 2024
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zum lesen
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lia
5.0 out of 5 stars ma devo ancora finirlo
Reviewed in Italy on March 9, 2024
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Acquistato dopo aver visto il film, diretto da Sydney Pollack e con attore protagonista Tom Cruise, devo dire che è molto interessante. Non l’ho ancora terminato però adoro la semplicità di un tema così complesso. La scrittura di Grisham, pur essendo un po’ articolata risulta semplice e leggera (mi sono dimenticata di sottolineare il fatto che io ho acquistato la versione inglese per Kindle)
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Carolyn
5.0 out of 5 stars gripping thriller by John Grisham
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2023
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This is a great book; 25 anniversary of its first publication. I had the benefit of not seeing the film so; had a great gripping book with no pre-conceptions.
A young lawyer Mitch finds after graduating with great grades many firms want him. He decides not to go to New York but a smaller law firm instead. He works very long hours in order to ingratiate himself with the bosses. This succeeds and he is well thought of. His wife makes friends with the other wives.
All seems to be going well until the FBI contact him and he is then in a dilemma does he help them? He tells his bosses of the meeting and they are glad he did this.
We follow Mitch working his way into the firm which he does with long hours and good work.
The book has many twists and turns especially at the end. I will read more books by John Gresham.
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