The Rainmaker

A Novel

De: John Grisham

Narrado por: Frank Muller

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A taut and terrific page-turner” (Entertainment Weekly) from the master of the courtroom thriller

In development as a USA Network series starring John Slattery

It’s summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor’s shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life. Now he doesn’t have a job or a prayer—except for one: an insurance dispute that leaves a family devastated and opens the door for a lawsuit, if Rudy can find a way to file it.

By the time Rudy gets to court, a heavyweight corporate defense team is there to meet him. And suddenly he’s in over his head, plunged into a nightmare of lies and legal maneuverings. A case that started small is exploding into a thunderous million-dollar war of nerves, skill, and outright violence—a fight that could cost one young lawyer his life, or turn him into the biggest rainmaker in the land.

©1995 John Grisham (P)1995 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“A mighty narrative talent and an unerring eye for hot-button issues . . . Grisham also reveals for the first time a surprising knack for comedy.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“Great fun to read . . . The complex plotting is Grisham’s major accomplishment.”—Los Angeles Times

“Passages in The Rainmaker are reminiscent of Pat Conroy. . . . This is Grisham’s most barbed book since The Firm, and it is by far his most entertaining.”—People

“Melding the courtroom savvy of A Time to Kill with the psychological nuance of The Chamber, imbued with wry humor and rich characters, this bittersweet tale, the author’s quietest and most thoughtful, shows that Grisham’s imagination can hold its own in a courtroom as well as on the violent streets outside.”—Publishers Weekly

here's to the Truth!

The last two years in my life were spent battling for disability pay from my employer's insurance provider. It took so long it turned our lives upside down. Rainmaker, although not about disability payoff, still has an uncanny similarity to our experience. Funny thing, a short time ago we saw that real company on tv being interviewed with basically the same scandal of "Great Benefit" in the novel. Great telling, and sorry to tell you it can be the TRUTH

great storyline

such good characters and great story lines. I really liked the reader. he did good voices. I highly recommend this book.

Loved it

I loved this book. The story is still relevant. It has intrigue, mystery, excitement and throughly captures the listener. The court room scenes are tremendous. I believe narration is award winning, making the book a success.

Another wonderful book...

What made the experience of listening to The Rainmaker the most enjoyable?

The narrator Frank Muller...he always brings the characters to life really well. Great story line too.

What did you like best about this story?

Getting an inside look into the legal system....glad I didn't go to law school.

What does Frank Muller bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Well defined characters...I wasn't confused about anything in the story line. Frank was very good at this. Never gets anywhere near being mono leveled or boring when doing the characters.

captivating

loved the characters and story line. Kept my interest throughout.
Recording has quite a few repeats of sentences, irritating.

great story but the narration has gliches

periodically the narration would repeat a couple of sentences without my touching the rewind buttons. It's not so frequent that it interferes with the story but it is noticable.

Really great book

Can’t say enough really great, I was up and down 30 times! Great listen but it

Good

It took a while to get into it but it was worth it once the plot developed more.

An Easy Read

A good story, an easy read, early Grisham, one of his best efforts. Impossible to read now without seeing Danny Divito as the paralawyer.

Excellent story bad editting

Excellent story and narration. Sadly editting is terrible with sentances repeating themselves and at some point in mid story a line letting me know the story continues on disc 8......