THE RAINMAKER

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1995. 1st. Edition, May 1995, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A legal thriller set in Tennessee. "Grisham's intricate, spellbinding sixth novel differs from his last few-- it's his only book with first-person narration and his first since his debut to be set in a courtroom -- but the trademark Grisham touches are in place. Rookie attorney Rudy Baylor is the customary David fighting a legal Goliath (here a multibillion-dollar insurance company), and the suspense builds with impeccable pacing despite workaday prose. When the modestly sized law firm that contracted for his future services unexpectedly merges with a tony Ivy League firm, Rudy finds himself without a job and bankrupt. Filing a $10 million lawsuit takes away some of the sting, as does a lonely elderly woman's offer of low rent on a small apartment in exchange for rewriting her will. To make a living, Rudy finds himself chasing ambulances for a racketeering shyster, leading to his becoming enthralled with a beautiful young woman hospitalized by her husband's murderous attack. When Rudy agrees to represent the parents of a dying 22-year-old denied insurance coverage for a bone-marrow transplant, he finds that he is up against the firm that broke contract with him..." -- PW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.