01297cam a2200337 4500 245447268 TxAuBib 20051219120000.0 041124s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004063530 9780385510455 0385510454 TxAuBib Grisham, John. The broker [Book] / John Grisham. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2005. 357 p. ; 25 cm. One-time Washington power broker Joel Backman who may have acquired secrets to a sophisticated satellite surveillance system is pardoned by the outgoing President under orders from the CIA and is given a new identity in Italy; however, the CIA then reveals his whereabouts to the Israelis, Russians, Chinese, and the Saudis in hopes that someone will assassinate him. Adult. 20050131. Americans Italy Fiction. Attempted murder Fiction. Ex-convicts Fiction. Pardon Fiction. Homicide Fiction. Italy Fiction. Mystery fiction. Legal stories. Suspense fiction.