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The Client By John Grisham Essay

Uploaded by tyson_626 on Dec 22, 2004

The Client By John Grisham

The story begins in Memphis, Tennessee, with eleven year old Mark Sway and his younger brother Ricky sneaking out into the woods to smoke a cigarette. As they smoke, they stumble upon Jerome Clifford. He is obviously drunk, and proceeds to stick a hose from the tailpipe of his car into the back window to allow exhaust into the cab. Mark recognizes this as a suicide attempt. He crawls out, three times to remove the hose, making Jerome angrier every time he finds it unplugged. On the third and final effort by Mark, Jerome catches him and throws him into the car as well.

Jerome reveals that he is a lawyer for Barry "The Blade" Muldanno, a mafia hit man. Barry is currently a suspect in the of Senator Boyd Boyette. However, the FBI, without a body, cannot conclusively prove that Muldanno is the er, or that there was a at all. Clifford eventually reveals the location of the body, under his boat, in the concrete of his own garage, before losing consciousness.

Mark bolts from the car and finds a terrified Ricky, and they both watch in horror as Jerome emerges from the car, screams in rage, and puts a gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger. They both run back to the house, where Mark places an anonymous 911 call, telling where the body is. Ricky, meanwhile, has withdrawn into the fetal position and will not respond to Mark in any way. Mark decides to return to the scene and watch, where the police catch him hiding in the bushes. Officer Hardy takes him back home, where Mark's mother, Dianne Sway, has just returned from work. Officer Hardy recognizes that Ricky has gone into shock and calls an ambulance, at which time the entire family is taken to the hospital.

Reverend Roy Foltrigg, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Louisiana at New Orleans, has personally taken the case of Senator Boyd Boyette for the publicity. He hears of the story of Mark Sway, and how he seems to know something. Foltrigg meets with Special Agents Trumann and McThume, and decides that they need to know everything that Mark knows. Meanwhile, Mark decides that he needs a lawyer. He chooses Ms. Reggie Love, who...

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Uploaded by:   tyson_626

Date:   12/22/2004

Category:   Literature

Length:   5 pages (1,135 words)

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