The Firm
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The Firm
By: John Grisham
I have selected the book The Firm by John Grisham. It is a 1991 legal thriller and the second novel by John Grisham. It was his first widely recognized book, and in 1993 after it sold 1.5 million copies, it was made into a film starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman.
The main characters in this book are: Mitchell Y. “ Mitch” McDeere - He graduated in accounting from Western Kentucky University, passed his Certified Public Accountant exams on the first attempt, and graduated third in his class from Harvard Law School. Mitch is married to his high school sweetheart, Abby Sutherland. Abby McDeere - wife of Mitch McDeere and a third-grade teacher in a prominent private school in Memphis. She is stressed by the long hours Mitch spends at the firm. Also by the truth about the firm, and eventually helps him escape. Ray McDeere - brother of Mitch McDeere. He's a convicted felon who has killed a man in a bar fight. Dishonorably discharged from the army. He escaped prison with the help of the FBI and Mitch, and later aids Mitch in his escape. Eddie Lomax - an ex-con and prison friend of Ray McDeere; a private investigator who works for Mitch in investigating the five dead lawyers at the firm. He is later murdered by one of the Morolto gunmen. Tammy Hemphill - she is Eddie Lomax’s lover, and becomes frightened when Eddie is killed. She greatly aids Mitch in helping him steal and copy the files by acting like a secretary under the name Doris Greenwood using her looks and sexual advances to get the job done. Oliver Lambert - Originally an unsuspecting early joiner of the firm, later unwillingly drawn into the conspiracy. He’s now the firm’s senior partner. Nathan Locke - the number- two man in the firm. He grew up in Chicago and has served the Morolto’s since the age of ten. He is a major figure in the Morolto crime family. He is described as “evil, eccentric, with black laser eyes.” Bill DeVasher - a former New Orleans police detective now...
By: John Grisham
I have selected the book The Firm by John Grisham. It is a 1991 legal thriller and the second novel by John Grisham. It was his first widely recognized book, and in 1993 after it sold 1.5 million copies, it was made into a film starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman.
The main characters in this book are: Mitchell Y. “ Mitch” McDeere - He graduated in accounting from Western Kentucky University, passed his Certified Public Accountant exams on the first attempt, and graduated third in his class from Harvard Law School. Mitch is married to his high school sweetheart, Abby Sutherland. Abby McDeere - wife of Mitch McDeere and a third-grade teacher in a prominent private school in Memphis. She is stressed by the long hours Mitch spends at the firm. Also by the truth about the firm, and eventually helps him escape. Ray McDeere - brother of Mitch McDeere. He's a convicted felon who has killed a man in a bar fight. Dishonorably discharged from the army. He escaped prison with the help of the FBI and Mitch, and later aids Mitch in his escape. Eddie Lomax - an ex-con and prison friend of Ray McDeere; a private investigator who works for Mitch in investigating the five dead lawyers at the firm. He is later murdered by one of the Morolto gunmen. Tammy Hemphill - she is Eddie Lomax’s lover, and becomes frightened when Eddie is killed. She greatly aids Mitch in helping him steal and copy the files by acting like a secretary under the name Doris Greenwood using her looks and sexual advances to get the job done. Oliver Lambert - Originally an unsuspecting early joiner of the firm, later unwillingly drawn into the conspiracy. He’s now the firm’s senior partner. Nathan Locke - the number- two man in the firm. He grew up in Chicago and has served the Morolto’s since the age of ten. He is a major figure in the Morolto crime family. He is described as “evil, eccentric, with black laser eyes.” Bill DeVasher - a former New Orleans police detective now...