Kyle McAvoy

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Kyle McAvoy is the young, idealistic law student protagonist of John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Associate," who becomes entangled in a high-stakes blackmail scheme.

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
appearsIn The Associate NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre legal thriller
blackmailedBy mysterious operatives
centralToPlotElement corporate merger
high-stakes lawsuit
characterTrait hardworking
idealistic
intelligent
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy John Grisham NERFINISHED
education Yale Law School NERFINISHED
facesDilemmaBetween career advancement
personal integrity
fieldOfStudy law
firstAppearance The Associate NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 2009
from Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
genreOfWorkContext crime fiction
thriller fiction
hasLegalIssue potential criminal charges
hasMoralConflictWith corporate legal practice
hasRelationshipWith family in Pennsylvania
fellow law students
hasSkill analytical reasoning
legal research
negotiation
involvedIn blackmail scheme
languageOfWork English
medium novel
narrativeRole first-person narrator
occupation law student
partOf John Grisham bibliography NERFINISHED
pressuredToWorkFor large New York law firm
publisherOfWork Doubleday NERFINISHED
subjectOf coercion
surveillance
targetAudienceContext adult readers
themeInvolvement abuse of power
compromise of ideals
corporate espionage
legal ethics
workSetIn New York City NERFINISHED
Yale Law School environment

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The Associate mainCharacter Kyle McAvoy