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The Firm
- 496 pages · about 8 hours
- First published 1991
- 94 editions
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1 About this book
The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller by American writer John Grisham. It was his second book and the first that gained wide popularity. In 1993, after selling 1.5 million copies, it was adapted into a film of the same name starring Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill, came into prominence afterwards due to this novel's success.
A sequel novel, The Exchange, was published in October 2023.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Good for readers who want: a mystery, a thriller, and a long read.
- Private investigators
- Organized crime
- Mystery
- Thrillers
- Adventure
- Moles
- Government investigators
- Law firms
2 About John Grisham
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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