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The Brethren is a 2000 legal and political thriller by John Grisham. Three former judges serving sentences in a minimum-security federal prison operate a scheme in which they use personal advertisements to identify and blackmail wealthy closeted men. Their operation unexpectedly intersects with a CIA effort to engineer the election of a presidential candidate, combining Grisham's legal-fiction setting with a national political conspiracy.
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How good is The Brethren?
The Brethren scores 6.90/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Political Thriller category.
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