John Grisham’s latest book, The Testament is a legal thriller that opens with a bang.
This book is about Troy Phelan, an eccentric and elderly billionaire who commits suicide right after writing his will. In his will, Troy leaves his billion-dollar fortune to a sole heir that nobody in his family knew existed, his illegitimate daughter Rachel Lane. Rachel, at the time of Troy’s death, was living as a missionary in the jungles of Brazil. The disinheritance from Troy’s wealth infuriates his six children from his three marriages. which sparks off a legal battle to contest the will in court.
A recovering alcoholic, substance abuser and semi-retired lawyer Nate O'Riley is sent to the depths of the Brazilian jungles to find Rachel. This turns out to be an adventure in itself, one that nearly kills him.
Product Details
- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: RHUK; Timeless edition (28 December 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9780099245025
- ISBN-13: 978-0099245025
- ASIN: 0099245027
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 2.9 x 17.8 cm
About the Author
ohn Grisham is from America and is a lawyer, politician and author by profession. He is widely known for his books on crime fiction. He graduated from Mississippi State University and later went to the University of Mississippi School of Law. He worked as a criminal lawyer for almost ten years.
Grisham is a Galaxy British Book Awards winner and also won the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award in 2005. His other popular works are The Firm, A Painted House, The Racketeer and Gray Mountain.
Review
"Grisham is on top form with this legal blockbuster" (Daily Mail)
"A compulsory page-turner with a subterranean plot as old and potent as myth" (Malcom Jones Newsweek)
"His best novel in the past five ... brilliant... you have to go on reading" (Mail on Sunday)
"Grisham includes his trademark legal wrangling, zippy plot and engaging minor characters ... His hordes of fans won't be disappointed" (USA Today)
"Absorbing ... The pages fly by" (Chicago Tribune)
