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In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system. Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive--there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is, who will kill him? "From the Hardcover edition."

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PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

ISBN-100739334026

ISBN-139780739334027

eBay Product ID (ePID)52335103

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Publication Year2006

TopicThrillers / Legal, Legal, Thrillers / Suspense, General

Book TitleBroker : a Novel

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Grisham

FormatCompact Disc

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Item Height1.1in

Item Length5.9in

Item Weight5.4 Oz

Item Width5.1in

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Number of Volumes5 Vols.

Edition DescriptionAbridged Edition