Book Review: The Brethren

Being sick does have it's upside... plenty of time to read! I just finished reading "The Brethren" by John Grisham. It was first published in February 2000.

Synopsis:

They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. And the third, for a career-ending drunken joyride. Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in the boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice and contemplate where their lives went wrong.

Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich - very fast.

And so they sit, sprawled in the prison library, furiously writing letters, fine-tuning a wickedly brilliant extortion scam...while events outside their prison walls begin to erupt. A bizarre presidential election is holding the nation in it's grips - and a powerful government figure is pulling some very hidden strings. For the Brethren, the timing couldn't be better.

Because they've just found the perfect victim...

Let me start by saying that it's been forever since I've read a Grisham book and I've definitely been missing out. This is a brilliant story. For about the first half of the book you wonder how he's going to weave two very different stories together and then BAM!, he's done it!

It also makes you question the power of our government and if things like "a powerful government figure" that "pull(s) some very hidden strings" happens the way it does in the book. I'm pretty sure it does... a lot.

If you're looking for something to read on a rainy day, this is one great book to add to your library!