Summary Of The Book The Racketeer is a novel based on an African American protagonist named Malcolm Bannister, who had been involved in a large real estate transaction for a hunting lodge. He was unaware of the gruesome activities carried out in the hunting lodge, which eventually landed him in the bad books of the FBI. Bannister was arrested and imprisoned, and he had to serve time in jail for a decade, as per the Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt oOrganizations Act (RICO).
The actual story begins five years into Bannister’s term, when he gets divorced and loses his son. He is also disbarred from his profession. However, things seem to take a turn for Bannister with the murder case of a federal judge named Raymond Fogletree. The FBI are unable to crack the case and require his help. Bannister knew a great deal about the murdered judge, including the person who killed him and the things present in the judge’s safe. However, Bannister is willing to help the FBI on one condition only, which is to let him free.
Halfway through this book, Bannister comes to the point where he begins to dictate terms to the FBI. However, he is far from the kind of revenge he desires to take on the government for imprisoning him for a crime he did not commit. Will the FBI be able to crack this mysterious case and release Bannister? This book answers such questions and more.
The Racketeer was released on the 23rd of October, 2012, with an initial print of 1.5 million copies, remaining at the top of bestseller lists for several weeks. Fox 2000 and New Regency have decided to launch a movie adaptation of this novel, with the director Daniel Espinosa.
About John Grisham John Grisham is a renowned author, politician, and lawyer from the United States of America. Grisham has written other books like The Rainmaker, The Client, Theodore Boone: The Accused, The Wavedancer Benefit: A Tribute To Frank Muller, The Firm, The Innocent Man: Murder And Injustice In A Small Town, The Pelican Brief, and Playing For Pizza.
He was born in 1955. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Mississippi State University. He later went on to pursue his JD degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He practiced law for a decade, and was also a part of the House of Representatives in Mississippi from 1983 to 1990. He wrote his first novel in the year 1984, A Time To Kill, which was published in 1989. By 2008, Grisham’s books had sold more than 250 million copies across the globe. He is also the recipient of the Galaxy British Book Award, and his books have been translated into 29 languages. Grisham, and his spouse, Renee Jones, spend time at their homes in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Oxford, Mississippi.
Born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to a construction worker and a homemaker, John Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball player. Realizing he didn't have the right stuff for a pro career, he shifted gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University. After graduating from law school at Ole Miss in 1981, he went on to practice law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. One day at the DeSoto County courthouse, Grisham overheard the harrowing testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim and was inspired to start a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl's father had murdered her assailants. Getting up at 5 a.m. every day to get in several hours of writing time before heading off to work, Grisham spent three years on A Time to Kill and finished it in 1987. Initially rejected by many publishers, it was eventually bought by Wynwood Press, who gave it a modest 5,000 copy printing and published it in June 1988. Spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, The Firm became the bestselling novel of 1991. Grisham took time off from writing for several months in 1996 to return, after a five-year hiatus, to the courtroom. He was honoring a commitment made before he had retired from the law to become a full-time writer: representing the family of a railroad brakeman killed when he was pinned between two cars. Preparing his case with the same passion and dedication as his books' protagonists, Grisham successfully argued his clients' case, earning them a jury award of $683,500--the biggest verdict of his career. When he's not writing, Grisham devotes time to charitable causes, including most recently his Rebuild The Coast Fund, which raised 8.8 million dollars for Gulf Coast relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He also keeps up with his greatest passion: baseball. The man who dreamed of being a professional baseball player now serves as the local Little League commissioner. The six ballfields he built on his property have played host to over 350 kids on 26 Little League teams.
