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"The Racketeer" by John Grisham is a tale of revenge and greed. Malcolm Bannister finds a way to gain a fortune at the expense of the federal government.

Malcolm Bannister is a forty-three year old lawyer serving a ten year sentence for money laundering. Malcolm continually proclaims his innocence in the crime for which he was convicted and blames the FBI for his wrongful incarceration. When Judge Raymond Fawcett is murdered...

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Popular novelist John Grisham (born 1955) is the author of several thrillers that have been made into blockbuster films. His works, which center around the legal profession, include A Time to Kill,The... Read more

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