The Rainmaker
by John Grisham
List Price:
Our Price: $5.75
You Save: $10.25 (64%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.88 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: John GrishamEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-27
ISBN: 0385339607
Number of pages: 576
Publisher: Delta
Book Reviews of The Rainmaker
Book Review: "There's Nothing More Thrilling..."
Summary: 5 Stars
Rudy Baylor makes it out of law school and away from his girlfriend with pennies to spare. He soon finds himself representing clients beyond his experience. His landlady, Miss Birdie, needs help drafting a will to distribute her well-hidden fortune. A bruised and beautiful hospital patient needs help turning her husband into an ex-husband. And Donny Ray Black's parents watch him die of leukemia while the Great Benefit Insurance Company callously denies their claims for coverage of treatments that would save his life. They need a knight with a shining law degree.
Rudy charges into battle for all of his clients. Hair uncombed, tie askew, and stray papers fluttering from his briefcase, Rudy is the very opposite of Leo Drummond, the immaculate lead counsel on Great Benefit's defense team. It's not hard to predict how such a David-and-Goliath contest will turn out in a Grisham novel. But there are a few surprises in how it happens.
Grisham doesn't make Rudy face the enemy by himself. His chief ally is Deck Shifflet, a self-styled "paralawyer" who knows the case-winning maneuvers that Rudy would never dream of trying on his own. Their former boss, criminal lawyer Bruiser Stone, phones in his own advice from an undisclosed location. And Rudy's clients help him, and each other. The several subplots find each other as the story builds to its conclusion.
Don't expect objectivity from this reviewer--this is far-and-away my favorite Grisham book. There are easy-to-like and easy-to-hate characters in threatening and interesting circumstances. There is a believable blend of suspense, comedy, and tragedy. Surprisingly, much of this translates well to the movie version, too. But read the book before seeing the movie. If you don't enjoy it, you are just "...stupid, stupid, stupid." (Sorry; I just couldn't resist. :^))
Literature & Fiction Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Literature & Fiction Books
Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott
Scribner; Published: 1986-06-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.49
Price in other shops:
The Killing Groundby JACK HIGGINS
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LTD; Published: 2007; Hardcover; Book
Saving Fish from Drowningby Amy Tan
4th Estate; Published: 2005; Paperback; Book
Life Expectancyby Dean Koontz
Harpercollins Pb; Published: 2005-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.00
Constant Princessby Philippa Gregory
Touchstone/Simon & Schuster; Published: 2005; Hardcover; Book
Wolf of the Plains (Conqueror, Book 1)by Conn Iggulden
Harper; Published: 2007; Paperback; Book
Saharaby Clive Cussler
Harper Collins Pb; Published: 2005-03-21; Paperback; Book
Perelandra (Cosmic Trilogy)by C. S. Lewis
Voyager; Published: 2005-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.76
Price in other shops:
The Lord Of The Rings: Part 2 The Two Towersby J. R. R. Tolkien
Harper Collins Publishers; Published: 2001; Paperback; Book
Red Marsby Kim Stanley Robinson
Trafalgar Square; Published: 2001-06; Paperback; Book
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
A Painted Houseby John Grisham
Delta; Published: 2004-02-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.94
Price in other shops:
The Runaway Juryby John Grisham
Delta; Published: 2006-04-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.98
Price in other shops:
Ford County: Storiesby John Grisham
Bantam; Published: 2010-08-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.90
Price in other shops:
The Last Jurorby John Grisham
Delta; Published: 2006-04-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.80
Price in other shops:
The Clientby John Grisham
Delta; Published: 2005-04-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.09
Price in other shops:
The Testamentby John Grisham
Delta; Published: 2005-09-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.12
Price in other shops:
A Time to Kill: A Novelby John Grisham
Dell; Published: 2009-06-23; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.19
Price in other shops:
The Partnerby John Grisham
Delta; Published: 2005-04-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.88
Price in other shops:
The Firm: A Novelby John Grisham
Dell; Published: 2009-08-25; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.59
Price in other shops:
The Innocent Manby John Grisham
Dell; Published: 2007-11-20; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.00
Price in other shops: