The Client (novel)
The Client ( Original title: The Client) is a 1993 first published novel by American author John Grisham. The book was also made into a film.
Content
The eleven-year old Mark Sway and his eight- year-old brother Ricky really set out a cigarette in the forest smoking when they stumble across the Mafia lawyer Jerome Clifford from New Orleans, who is just about to take his own life. Mark, who does not want to stand idly by, is overwhelmed by Clifford and learns involuntarily the hiding place of the corpse of an American senator has the Cliffords client Barry Muldanno killed.
Mark can escape from the car, but not without leaving a trace. Roy Foltrigg, an attorney from New Orleans, who is on the hunt for evidence of the murder for months will, necessarily interrogate Mark. The boy, however, at the same time set by the Mafia under pressure. Mark desperately turns to the lawyer Reggie Love. These first attempts to get Mark out of the firing line. Both Foltrigg and the Mafia also to set Marks lawyer now.
However, Mark is not up to the events, which causes difficulties and causes that he is taken into protective custody. He is rushed to the hospital by simulation of PTS and can escape. Finally, for both remains only one way out: the body of the Senator must be found.
The novel ends with the fact that Mark and his family are added to the witness protection program after he has informed the Public Prosecutor about the whereabouts of the body of the senator.
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Film
Directed by Joel Schumacher the substance of the novel was filmed in 1994, see The Client ( film).
Series
From the rotated during the years 1995/96 and based on the novel TV series only one season was produced probably due to lack of success. Compared to the original novel, many facts have been changed, including attorney Foltrigg was now working in Memphis. The main roles were filled by JoBeth Williams ( Reggie ) and John Heard ( Foltrigg ). In guest roles were to be seen, among other things, Christopher Masterson, Jason James Richter and Scarlett Johansson.