The Broker

The pardon ( Original title: The Broker) is a novel by American author John Grisham from the year 2005.

Content

As a final act, the outgoing U.S. President pardoned the Washington collar criminals Joel Backman. This was sentenced to twenty years in prison, because he was in possession of software that can control secret satellite systems.

But no one knows that Backman was pardoned only under pressure from the CIA. However, the Agency is not interested in Backman, but his information on the satellite systems. In a cloak-and - dagger operation Backman is out of jail and brought to Europe. There he gets a new look and a new identity.

First he comes to the Italian Treviso, where he met the CIA agent Luigi before it brings him to Bologna. There he meets the Italian language fits into the life and builds close contact with his language teacher Francesca.

While he lives in Italy, leaves the CIA piece by piece information about him and his whereabouts to the Mossad and other intelligence agencies leaked. The CIA hoped it to come without much work on Backman's information on the satellite system. But this gets to the time any idea of the plans of the CIA, because he realizes that his apartment is searched almost daily.

After a long cat-and -mouse game he finally succeeds thanks to the help of his teacher Francesca escape from the surveillance. He fled first to Switzerland, then to the USA, where he meets with his son and negotiations with the new U.S. administration begins. At the end of these negotiations, he stands there as a free man with a new identity and a new life.

Is critical to note that geographical errors are present, then belonging as an example Lugano and Lake Lugano as completely to Italy considered. In addition, the translation has oversight, striking at about the spelling of proper names.