The protagonist of the book Danny was wrongly indicted to 22 years of imprisonment at Belmarsh for the murder of his best friend and fiancées brother, Bernie. The murder was as a result of a brawl between Danny, Bernie and four drunken big-shots, one of whom took a fancy to Beth. The murderer and his chums craftily got away making Danny the scapegoat. Little did they know Danny would certainly seek his revenge.I initially thought, the book would go the ‘Shawshank Redemption’ way; well, it went the Grisham way when Danny battled for his freedom at the courts. The twists were amazing though a bit impossible (can’t spill the beans, can I?). JA after his prison experience, I guess, has added those little details which have portrayed the prison life brilliantly.
Overall, I ld rate this book as really great entertainment; movie material I ld say!
Richa
I read it, and thought (with all due respect to Baron Archer) ah, expected. It had better be good, based as it was on Dumas' classic Count of Monte Cristo.
ReplyDeletePS: Is 'Grisham Way' a synonym now for having a legal sequence/cout plot in the book?
I guess, Grisham is too firmly set in my mind as the legal guy!
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