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The Firm by John Grisham

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Author Biography

Name: John Grisham
Birth Date: 1955
Place of Birth: Arkansas, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer, attorney

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Biography of John Grisham
4813 words, approx. 16 pages
The author of fourteen back-to-back bestsellers, many of which have been turned into blockbuster movies, John Grisham can count his revenues and copies sold of his legal thrillers in the hundreds of millions. Translated into more than thirty languages, G...
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Biography of John Grisham
2756 words, approx. 9.2 pages
Popular novelist John Grisham (born 1955) is the author of several thrillers that have been made into blockbuster films. His works, which center around the legal profession, include A Time to Kill,The Firm,The Client, and The Pelican Brief. It is no unde...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Firm Information
828 words, approx. 3 pages
The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller and the second novel by John Grisham. It was his first widely recognized piece of work, and in 1993, was made into a film starring Tom Cruise. Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill, was successful but did not bring the...


News and Journals
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The Independent - London
Novel float for Irish firm
02/11/1996: 428 words, approx. 1 pages
RICHARD KEENAN, an Irish farm machinery firm that claims to help dairymen tailor their milk for specific uses such as cheese and butter, has launched a unique internal stock market out of fear of a conventional public flotation. The company is petrified that...
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The Boston Globe
Transforming Novell Silverstream Deal Moves Firm Deeper Into Web Software
06/11/2002: 932 words, approx. 3 pages
With its $212 million purchase of Billerica-based SilverStream Software Inc., announced yesterday, shrunken software titan Novell Inc. has taken one more step in a plan to establish itself in the young market for Web services software. Novell may also have moved closer to abandoning...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Review by Pagan Kennedy
714 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review of The Firm, Kennedy faults Grisham's excessive reliance on popular culture, his weak characterizations, and offensive stereotypes.
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Critical Review by Bill Brashler
596 words, approx. 2 pages
Brashler is an American novelist, short story writer, biographer, and critic. In the following review, he praises Grisham's characterizations and literary strategy in The Firm.
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Critical Review by West Coast Review of Books
385 words, approx. 1 pages
In the following review, the critic provides a laudatory assessment of The Firm.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 86%
Analysis of The Firm
1,352 words, approx. 5 pages
Analyzes the John Grisham novel, The Firm. Explores how Grisham used the elements of literature to create an interesting perspective of the choices that can be made in the world of law.
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Essay Grade: 94%
Book Review of "The Firm"
1,122 words, approx. 4 pages
Essay provides a book review of "The Firm", which deals with the story of a man that gets "the greatest job in the world." However, then he soon finds out that the FBI is chasing after him for information about the firm that he joins.


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The Firm by John Grisham

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