I used to have it all. I had three families, three ex-wives who bore me seven children, six of whom are still alive and do everything they can to make my life miserable. Today though, they are all gathered here because I am dying and the time has come to divvy up my money.
Blurb in Spanish: Troy Phelan es un Viejo multimillonario enfermo y recluido en una silla de ruedas que espera su día con la muerte. Su familia, tres ex mujeres y seis hijos, espera que ese viejo excéntrico haga público el testamento que les legara una de las mayores fortunas del mundo. Cuando por fin reciben la noticia de que el patriarca ha señalado la fecha definitiva para abrir su testamento, las familias se presentan con sus respectivos abogados y con dos psicólogos que evaluaran la salud mental del anciano en el momento de anunciar su última voluntad.
Todos esperan alguna sorpresa, aunque no se imaginan hasta que punto Troy Pelan, el patriarca de mano de hierro, está resuelto a dominar sus destinos incluso desde más allá de la muerte.
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An entertaining page-turner...his best novel in years. -- USA Today--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
John Grisham nació en Jonesboro, Arkansas en 1955. tras graduarse en Derecho, ejerció como abogado especializado en temas de Derecho Civil y Penal. En 1989 se inició en el mundo literario con la obra "Tiempo de matar " pero fue con su segunda novela, "La tapadera" con la que alcanzó la popularidad. Desde entonces, la aparición de todas sus obras siguientes tales como: "El informe Pelicano", "El cliente", "El jurado", "Causa justa" entre otras, han sido recibidas con enorme entusiamos, no sólo por parte de los lectores y críticos, sino también por la industria cinematográfica, que las ha convertido en auténticas superproducciones filmatográficas. La publicación de "La hermandad" coincide con el anuncio de que Grisham ha sido el autor más vendido en todo el mundo durante la década de los noventa.
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Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, John Grisham was working 60-70 hours a week at a small Southaven, Mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobby--writing his first novel. 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.That might have put an end to Grishams hobby. However, he had already begun his next book, and it would quickly turn that hobby into a new full-time career. When he sold the film rights to The Firm to Paramount Pictures for $600,000, Grisham suddenly became a hot property among publishers, and book rights were bought by Doubleday. Spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, The Firm became the bestselling novel of 1991.The successes of The Pelican Brief, which hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list, and The Client, which debuted at number one, confirmed Grisham's reputation as the master of the legal thriller. Grisham's success even renewed interest in A Time to Kill, which was republished in hardcover by Doubleday and then in paperback by Dell. This time around, it was a bestseller. Since first publishing A Time to Kill in 1988, Grisham has written one novel a year (his other books are The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Chamber, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, The Partner, The Street Lawyer, The Testament, The Brethren, A Painted House, Skipping Christmas, The Summons, The King of Torts, Bleachers, The Last Juror, The Broker, Playing for Pizza, and The Appeal) and all of them have become international bestsellers. There are currently over 225 million John Grisham books in print worldwide, which have been translated into 29 languages. Nine of his novels have been turned into films (The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, A Painted House, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas), as was an original screenplay, The Gingerbread Man.
This review is from: El Testamento (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Wealthy, adulterous, Troy Phelan having 11 billions. Write a new will before his 6 children and 3 Psychiatrist their lawyers. But as soon as they leave the room. He has his nurse and two laywers to signeda new will. After this was done He promptly jumps from his wheelchair and jumps from his fourteen story building. What was in the new will? It annuls the last will and give his inheritance to an illeeegitimate child that was a missionary in Brazil. Would they find the heir? Would she want the money?What would become of the other 6 children of Troy Phelan? Non stopping in this book for their is mores questions that you want answered before you quit!
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John Grishan nos deleita con este libro que escribe con detalle las peripecias de un hombre que se debate entre el deber y el vicio, las acciones de un hombre arrepentido y el fuerte caracter de una hija perdida. El final, aunque algo predecible, es bastante impactante, tal y como nos tiene acostumbrado el autor.
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