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Easily readable .
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Slow at the start and at the end .
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yes
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John Grisham's 'The Broker' is a pleasant, though unchallenging read. It's plot is a little difficult to swallow, but Grisham really brings his charaters to life. In addition, his description of Bologna and other cities makes one almost feel one is there.
The bulk of the story involved the main chatracter, Joel (or Marco), trying to come to terms with the Italian language, in an attempt to pass himself off as an Italian Canadian. This is in order to hide from the various factions who are determined to kill him in revenge for a double-cross some six years previuosly.
Although Grisham goes into great detail with this part of the story, it does become quite tedious and sometimes gives the impression that it is designed to fill pages.
The most interesting storyline did not develop as far as it could have done. The question of the emotional attachment formed by his minder was introduced thoughy never fully explored.
The story 'fizzled out' towards the end, and the expected climax never really materialised.
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