The Associate: A Novel by John Grisham (Epub)

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Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. He also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One night that secret catches up with him. The men who accost Kyle have a compromising video they’ll use to ruin him–unless he does exactly what they say. What they offer Kyle is something any ambitious young lawyer would kill for: a job in Manhattan as an associate at the world’s largest law firm. If Kyle accepts, he’ll be on the fast track to partnership and a fortune. But there’s a catch. Kyle won’t be working for the firm but against it in a dispute between two powerful defense contractors worth billions. Now Kyle is caught between the criminal forces manipulating him, the FBI, and his own law firm–in a malignant conspiracy not even Kyle with all his intellect, cunning, and bravery may be able to escape alive.

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Review “GRISHAM HAS A FIELD DAY…The Associate grabs the reader quickly and becomes impossible to put down.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times“Grisham’s confident style hasn’t changed, and THERE’S SUSPENSE APLENTY.” —People“Grisham makes it easy for us to keep flipping the pages…A DEVASTATING PORTRAIT OF THE BIG-TIME, BIG-BUCKS LEGAL WORLD.” —Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post“Throughout, Grisham unwinds the spool of his narrative at a MASTERFUL, page-turning pace that pulls readers in and keeps them wanting more…The Associate is an absorbing thriller that’s A FITTING FOLLOW-UP TO THE FIRM.” —The Boston Globe“COMPULSIVELY READABLE…You’re peering into a secret world of power and money. What more could you or any red-blooded American ask for?” —Time magazine“A PAGE-TURNER…Kyle McAvoy recalls Mitch McDeere from Grisham’s breakout novel The Firm. He’s young, idealistic, handsome, a little too cocky for his own good, but a brilliant lawyer who gets pulled in over his head and given an education in how the world really works.” —The Los Angeles TimesFrom the Hardcover edition. Review “GRISHAM HAS A FIELD DAY…The Associate grabs the reader quickly and becomes impossible to put down.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times“Grisham’s confident style hasn’t changed, and THERE’S SUSPENSE APLENTY.” —People“Grisham makes it easy for us to keep flipping the pages…A DEVASTATING PORTRAIT OF THE BIG-TIME, BIG-BUCKS LEGAL WORLD.” —Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post“Throughout, Grisham unwinds the spool of his narrative at a MASTERFUL, page-turning pace that pulls readers in and keeps them wanting more…The Associate is an absorbing thriller that’s A FITTING FOLLOW-UP TO THE FIRM.” —The Boston Globe“COMPULSIVELY READABLE…You’re peering into a secret world of power and money. What more could you or any red-blooded American ask for?” —Time magazine“A PAGE-TURNER…Kyle McAvoy recalls Mitch McDeere from Grisham’s breakout novel The Firm. He’s young, idealistic, handsome, a little too cocky for his own good, but a brilliant lawyer who gets pulled in over his head and given an education in how the world really works.” —The Los Angeles Times –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Review It’s a damned good read. This is Grisham returning to what he knows best. Scotland on Sunday Grisham paints a fascinating picture. Vintage Grisham, with a really believable ending The Guardian Tense and exciting Evening Standard The suspense is there in what is easily his most recongisably ‘back to form’ novel since The Firm. Grisham has returned with a vengeance to his trademark territory: the grim world of corporate law and the sinister machinations of the men on its fringes. The Times In typical Grisham fashion it does hurtle along at a decent clip London Lite Don’t wait for the film read the book first this time. The maestro of the legal thriller’s new one centres on a brilliant student with an unfortunate secret. Daily Sport A classic Grisham plot, similar to his first major success, The Firm, and told with the same elegance and elan. The Daily Mail John Grisham didn’t just invent the legal thriller, he knows how to deliver a message too. His heroes are the little, decent people battling the syte,. The Associate is Grisham’s 21st novel and returns to the heady days of his first major success, 1991’s The Firm. The Firm had at it’s rotten core a private enterprise in the guise of a legal practice, the filth at the heart of The Associate is much more insidious. Grisham’s fine legal mind clearly sets out all the parameters, and then he puts his outraged foot down, right to the floor. The Mirror Grisham never disappoints and this is another fantastic read The Sun In The Associate, John Grisham returns to the legal milieu he explored so vividly in The Firm. Grisham is such a storyteller that you want to turn the page The Guardian The cat-and-mouse game that ensues is gripping, the legal background utterly convincing Sunday Telegraph Grisham’s new book harks back to the one that made him famous, and effectively defined the legal thriller genre: The Firm. Grisham does a fine job of evoking the insanely competitive culture of a major New York law firm. The Mail on Sunday The Associate grabs the reader quickly and becomes impossible to put down New York Times Vintage Grisham’ Entertainment Weekly A vintage legal thriller from the master of the genre’ USA Today –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From the Artist John Grisham –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From Publishers Weekly Bestseller Grisham’s contemporary legal thriller offers an action-and-suspense plot reminiscent of that of his breakout book, 1991’s The Firm, in contrast to 2008’s didactic The Appeal, which served as a platform for his concerns about the corrupting effects of judicial elections. Kyle McAvoy, a callow Yale Law School student, dreams of a public service gig on graduation, until shadowy figures blackmail him with a videotape that could revive a five-year-old rape accusation. Instead of helping those in need, McAvoy accepts a position at a huge Wall Street firm, Scully & Pershing, whose clients include a military contractor enmeshed in a $800 billion lawsuit concerning a newly-designed aircraft. McAvoy can avoid exposure of his past if he feeds his new masters inside information on the case. Readers should be prepared for some predictable twists, an ending with some unwarranted ambiguity and some unconvincing details (the idea that a secret file room in a high stakes litigation case would be closed from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. every night stretches credulity to the breaking point). Still, Grisham devotees should be satisfied, even if this is one of his lesser works. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. –This text refers to the cassette edition. From Booklist Editor of the Yale Law Journal, recipient of job offers from the best Wall Street firms, a wonderful (but not too serious) girl by his side—Kyle McAvoy is ready to take on the world. Until, that is, Bennie Wright, an unsavory private investigator, walks into his life and announces that Kyle will be doing Bennie’s bidding for the foreseeable future. Why would Kyle put his fate into the hands of Bennie and his unsavory crew? Because they know a secret about Kyle—an incident involving a fraternity party gone bad—that Kyle thought was buried and forgotten. If the story gets out, Kyle’s career could be ruined, so he does as Bennie demands and accepts a position with one of Wall Street’s two largest firms. Kyle’s assignment is to spy on his new employer on behalf of Bennie’s client, the other premier Wall Street firm, as the two legal giants face off in the largest case involving defense contracts in U.S. history. Kyle must play along if he wants to get out alive. Just like Mitch McDeere in Grisham’s break-out novel, The Firm (1991), Kyle is at once too naive and too cocky, daring to try to outwit forces much more powerful than he. Grisham knows how to produce a page-turner, that’s for sure, and while his plot this time stretches believability a bit, he’ll hook readers with the David-against-Goliath angle. –This text refers to the cassette edition. From AudioFile Upon leaving Yale Law School, scholastic superstar Kyle McAvoy plans to work in the public service sector before joining his father’s firm. But a blackmail threat concerning college fraternity shenanigans sends him into a major New York practice–and a plot that has him running for his life. Erik Singer is the perfect choice for this classic Grisham thriller. His fresh, edgy vocal tones adapt well to the character of Kyle, as well as to the other characters in the story. Singer’s pace keeps up with the racing plot, offering slight shifts in inflection to suggest gender and age. And when the story reaches a sudden and unsatisfying ending, we can hear our disappointment mirrored in his performance. R.L.L. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine –This text refers to the cassette edition. From Bookmarks Magazine Critics agree with Entertainment Weeklythat The Associate”is vintage Grisham, for better or worse, made timely with its sorry portrait of what passes for everyday ethics on Wall Street.” Like his previous novels, The Associateis heavy on readability, predictability, and pace, and lighter on character development, scene setting, and style—no surprises here. Fans of Grisham cited masterfully drawn characters and page-turning subplots, but less enthusiastic reviewers faulted stock villains, a rather mysterious Kyle, and implausible storylines. Timeeven claimed that unlike Michael Crichton or Scott Turow, who “wrestle with actual issues,” Grisham deals with, well, nothing. Still, you know what you’re getting into with The Associate, for better or for worse.Copyright 2009 Bookmarks Publishing LLC –This text refers to the cassette edition.

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⭐ I did not read this book until recently because I was afraid that it was going to be a rehash of the Firm. A young, brilliant lawyer against a crushing conspiracy that can easily destroy him. While you can see parallels, it really is a different book. It is rather about a young lawyer being blackmailed for a crime he did not commit in an effort to force him to steal U.S. Department of Defense documents that his law firm is using as part of a big case. The background to this struggle is the life of a junior associate in a large and important New York law firm. Kyle works 100 hour weeks and spends a lot of that time on mind-numbing drudgery. His bosses treat him like a bell hop and sometimes appear to enjoy humiliating him or wasting his time for their own amusement. All of this on very little sleep. Still, even with his massive burdens, Kyle sets out to solve his problems in ways that are at least semi-believable. .

⭐ Twice during the reading of this book I allowed myself to think, “Oh, yeah – here comes the good stuff!” Only to be sorely disappointed. About 85% of the way into the book the main character takes actions that go against everything that he had set up prior – all of which Grisham took us through in painstaking detail. He also chose to take us through an extended view of the AA process with a secondary character. Way too many pages dedicated to explaining one man’s potential motivation.It felt like Grisham’s publisher called and said he needed the book in 2 hours – so he had the character do exactly what we knew he should have done in the firs 4 pages of the book. That ending (which still could have been decent) was horribly disappointing. It may have been laying groundwork for a sequel – but I’m so dissappointed with this book, I’d never pick a second installment.

⭐ The entire plot hangs on a rape that took place five years previously when two male college students rape a young woman who was unconscious at the time. The rape was also witnessed by two other male students who did nothing. Throughout the book, the woman is referred to as “still playing the victim,” and that’s pretty much the tenor of the work. The young men are portrayed as being the real victims, as after all it was the young woman’s fault, she asked for it, she was promiscuous, etc.The suspense plot is all right, but the ending leaves just about every major question unresolved.Altogether a major disappointment, from an author who ought to know better.

⭐ He is very close to get his degree from law school. The blackmailer showed him a video, which, if published, might get him to prison and prevent him from ever working as a lawyer. The blackmailer requries him to get to work in a certain law firm, and reveal certain secret information from this firm to the blackmailer. All choices of action are unacceptable for him.Well written, full of suspense.

⭐ For all of the building up, I expected a more exciting ending. I liked that the protagonist, Kyle McAvoy, did the right thing almost from the beginning. It added another dimension to the plot…a plot within a plot so to speak. It was just that the ending, similar to the lack of excitement of the ending of Gray Mountain, left me flat.

⭐ Another fantastic novel from Grisham. He always finds a way to show two sides of the same coin; namely, the perks and drawbacks of being a lawyer at a top-notch law firm.What I like about this one, as opposed to some of his other books, is that you’re dropped right into the action. The background of the protagonist comes later and at an appropriate time but the first couple of chapters really pull you in. The plot rolls along smoothly and there are few surprises. But the surprises that do come are definitely stunning.Characters are believable, memorable, and best of all…human. Lawyers often get a bad rep in society, and while this book won’t really alter that perspective it does at least put a face to the brilliance, motivation, ego, and exhaustion that lawyers are made up of (or at least, at one of the world’s largest and most prestigious firms). The main character feels like a small fish in a big pond and I found myself really rooting for him throughout his predicaments.The ending is slightly disappointing but is also consistent with the behaviors of the characters, so not unsatisfactory. All in all, a really good read.

⭐ I’m never sure which John Grisham I’m getting when I start one of his books. The Associate is an example of Grisham’s occasional lapses that result in a book that is almost an excellent read. Grisham the great story teller and Grisham the master of the spellbinding, complex plot both took time off from this book.Nonetheless, the novel is well written, as always, contains graphic character development and reads quickly.

⭐ As a long time John Grisham fan, I have eagerly looked forward to each new release. So much so that I accumulated books long before I had the opportunity to read them. So when I finally had a chance to read this book it was with great anticipation. My disappointment was not long in coming, when I found that the underlying premise reminded me a great deal of “The Firm” a much earlier work. In fact I had to go back and reread the dust jacket of The Firm to make sure they weren’t the same book. They are not; The Firm deals with a young lawyer’s recent indiscretion and The Associate deals with a young lawyer’s possible indiscretion in college. As the book progressed I found that the possible involvement of some super secret quasi government organization to be reminiscent of Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum. Not exactly what I would have expected from Mr. Grisham.

⭐ I loved The Firm. Years after a bookseller urged me to read it, I still re-read it. Alas, with a few exceptions (The Runaway Jury, even The Bretheren), John Grisham has failed to follow through on that early promise.What we have is a washed-out half-version of what made The Firm so great. Instead of McDeere discovering the corruption that lies underneath the surface, everything is spelled out for the reader, in painstaking and painful detail. From the get-go, we know every detail of what McAvoy’s plight is and so the only question is how he will extricate himself from it. (This being Grisham, there is little doubt that he will in one way or another.)The problems with the plot is particularly acute because we don’t read Grisham for either the language or his attention to character development. (In this outing, most of the characters feel like cardboard cutouts.) And beginning with the central premise of the plot — that the dark secret in McAvoy’s past is so ugly that he would rather risk being fired, disbarred and imprisoned for stealing the firm’s secrets — the whole novel rests on rather flimsy ground. I found that core premise completely implausible, to put it mildly. It’s not as if McAvoy wanted to practice law in a venue where his own bystander role in the events — no spoilers! — would actually hurt him. The various twists and turns from that point onward were perfunctory, and the conclusion was downright offensive to readers. No, not in the sense of violence, vulgarity, etc, but in the sense of offending our intelligence. Suddenly, the forces against which McAvoy is battling just… evaporate. He is free to move on to a new life.Nor does Grisham offer anything fresh in the backdrop. He has drawn pictures of life in big law firms before, the grind of trying to make it to partnership, and parts of the book devoted to life in the law firm are just predictable and tedious. Indeed, this is a very un-thrilling thriller.Critics talk about actors “dialing in” a performance, when they are present on the stage but not in spirit. That’s pretty much what Grisham has done in the literary sphere with this book. I gave it 2.5 stars simply because it wasn’t so painful to read that I couldn’t make to the end, and I wanted to see how Grisham got his characters to the painfully apparent conclusion. But this will be my final contribution to Grisham’s royalty stream. From now on, if I read any of his books, it will be second-hand paperback copies. There are plenty of other good writers out there who don’t have Grisham’s profile and who really work to earn their readers’ attention and loyalty. Grisham doesn’t. And loyalty — or lack of it — cuts both ways.

⭐ This book wii keep your attention so much that before you know it, the book is over ! I loved this book, it was just what I was looking for : action, the law, and the FBI.

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