The Testament

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The Testament is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a complex battle over a billionaire’s surprising will, set against backdrops ranging from corporate boardrooms to the Brazilian Pantanal.

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instanceOf legal thriller novel
novel
thriller novel
author John Grisham
centralTheme family conflict
greed
redemption
wealth and morality
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy The Brethren
genre legal thriller
thriller
hasCharacterOccupation billionaire
lawyer
hasISBN 0-385-49438-5
hasLegalElement estate law
inheritance law
probate law
hasPageCount about 435 pages (hardcover edition)
hasProtagonistStruggle alcoholism recovery of Nate O’Riley
hasReligiousElement Christian missionary work
hasSetting Brazil
Pantanal
surface form: Brazilian Pantanal

United States of America
surface form: United States

corporate boardrooms
isFictionalWork true
language English
literaryPeriod late 20th century literature
mainCharacter Josh Stafford
Nate O’Riley
Rachel Lane
Troy Phelan
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor depiction of the Brazilian Pantanal
focus on a contested will
partOfAuthorGenreSpecialty legal fiction by John Grisham
plotFocus dispute over a billionaire’s will
inheritance battle
precededBy The Street Lawyer
publicationDate 1999
publisher Doubleday
targetAudience adult readers
workOf John Grisham

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John Grisham notableWork The Testament
The Street Lawyer followedBy The Testament
The Brethren precededBy The Testament