The Testament (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: John Grisham
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1996-1997
- Setting: Washington, D.C., and the Pantanal region of Brazil
- Principal Characters: Troy Phelan, Nate O’Riley, Rachel Lane, Josh Stafford, Jevy, Hark Gettys, Malcolm Snead
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Missions or missionaries, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Washington, D.C., Brazil or Brazilians, Inheritance or succession, Lawyers, Illegitimacy, Jungles or rain forests, 1990’s, Attorneys, Mosquitoes
- Locales: Washington, D.C., Brazil
The Testament is a change of pace for popular legal- thriller writer John Grisham. His latest novel takes the reader deep into the jungles of Brazil, where a devout, middle-aged missionary-physician, who has turned her back on civilization, is unaware that she is heir to an eleven-billion-dollar estate, which is growing at about two million dollars a day. Nate O’Riley, once a dynamic trial lawyer, is released from the sanatorium where he is recovering from yet another relapse into dipsomania and given the assignment of finding Rachel Lane, illegitimate daughter of Troy Phelan....
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