But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging, and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney.
The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.
Published: 26th April 2005
Publisher: Doubleday
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Series or Stand-Alone: Stand-Alone
Source: Owned
MY REVIEW
Back when I was a lot younger and this book had first come out, this was the first book I read written by John Grisham and for a long time this has always been on my list of favourite books of all time. I always get nervous when I go to re-read a favourite book. I find that as I get older my reading tastes change, meaning that what was once my favourite might not be the same now.
Reading this now just took me back to when I was reading it the first time. I loved it. You have the perfect combination of corruption and moral righteousness. We follow Michael who at the start of the book is a high powered lawyer working in a high powered law firm. One day all that changes when a homeless man comes into the law firm and holds him and a few colleagues ransom. What follows is a mixture of figuring out the truth behind a moral situation and watching Michael as he rethinks everything.
If you have not yet picked up a John Grisham novel, this would be the perfect book to start with.
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