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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions??a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives. Because Troy Phelan??s new will names a sole surprise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles of Brazil. Enter the lawyers. Nate O??Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan??s family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate goes crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman??pursued by enemies and friends alike??holds a stunning surp… (mais)
A story of inordinate greed, amoral lawyers, selfishly-entitled offspring, set against a search for Rachel, a related woman living in the swamps of the Brazilian Pantanal. The legal suspense was minor and much of the courtroom drama dragged on too long.
However, Nate, the lawyer in search of the actual heir to a fortune, was the best aspect of this novel. Grisham brought to life the realities of isolated natives living in nearly unreachable Brazilian wilds. The final twist at the end was ideal. ( )
Read as a condensed Reader's Digest story. Not sure if the shortening took out some of the character of his usual style. A good tale about the death of a wealth American who leaves all his wealth to an unknown illegitimate daughter instead of to any of his 3 exwives or the 1/2 dozen children. His detail on the US/Virginia legal system related to wills and testate was interesting. Bringing in trips to a little know part of the Brazilian remote riverways and Indian tribes in search of the woman opened up a whole other side to the tale. ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Down to the last day, even the last hour now.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em Eslovaco.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Na tento deň som sa pripravoval dlho. Každý cent svojho bohatstva som nadobudol vďaka vlastnému úsiliu, rozumu a šťastiu. Môžem ho teda míňať, ako sa mi páči. Mohol by som ho aj darovať podľa svojich predstáv, ale v tom mi chcú zabrániť. Prečo by som sa mal starať, kto dostane moje peniaze? Použil som ich na všetko, čo si len človek vie predstaviť. Keď sedím sám v invalidnom vozíku a čakám, nenapadá ma jediná vec, ktorú by som si ešte chcel kúpiť alebo vidieť. Všetko mám za sebou a som veľmi unavený. Nezáleží mi na tom, kto dostane peniaze. Ale nie je mi ani ľahostajné, kto ich nedostane.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions??a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives. Because Troy Phelan??s new will names a sole surprise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles of Brazil. Enter the lawyers. Nate O??Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan??s family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate goes crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman??pursued by enemies and friends alike??holds a stunning surp
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However, Nate, the lawyer in search of the actual heir to a fortune, was the best aspect of this novel. Grisham brought to life the realities of isolated natives living in nearly unreachable Brazilian wilds. The final twist at the end was ideal. (