The Client At age eleven, standing up to the FBI or the Mafia would not only be scary but also dangerous. In John Grisham’s novel, The Client, he portrays an eleven-year-old Mark to be tough and persuasive as he faces both of these daunting adversaries. John Grisham uses the David-Goliath effect to grab the readers’ attention and hold onto it until the end. The story begins with a boy, Mark Sway and his younger …showed first 75 words of 628 total…

…showed last 75 words of 628 total…their backs, and just like that, I walked away.’ “(Grisham 451). This scene illustrates Grisham’s reoccurring style of portraying the young boy battling something or someone bigger than him. Grisham successfully maintained the underdog theme throughout this novel and has used this style in other novels including The Rainmaker. I believe John Grisham’s well-developed characters and unexpected plot twists held my interest and provided entertaining reading. I would recommend this book to a friend.