The Partner
1999 Nominated

The Partner

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Patrick Lanigan was a young partner in a US law firm. He had a pretty wife, a young daughter and a bright future: then one winter night Patrick was trapped in a burning car. When he was buried his casket held nothing but his ashes. Six weeks later Patrick stole a fortune from his ex-law firm and started a new life as Danilo Silva – until they found him. The Partner is John Grisham’s eighth  bestseller: he lives in Virginia, USA.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR John
Grisham

John Grisham is the author of more than fifty consecutive No.1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Boys From Biloxi, The Judge’s List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.

Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honoured with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.

When he’s not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.

John Grisham is the author of more than fifty consecutive No.1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Boys From Biloxi, The Judge’s List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.

Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honoured with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.

When he’s not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United States
Author
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell
Nominating Library

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