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The Street Lawyer

by John Grisham

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ISBN13: 9780440225706
ISBN10: 0440225701
Condition: Standard
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He gave up the money.  He gave up the power.  Now all he has left is the law.

Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm.  One step away from partnership, Michael has it all.  Then, in an instant, it all comes undone.

A homeless man takes nine lawyers hostage in the firm's plush offices.  When it is all over, the man's blood is splattered on Michael's face--and suddenly Michael is willing to do the unthinkable.  Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago, Michael is leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker once lived--and where society's powerless need an advocate for justice.

But there's one break Michael can't make: from a secret that has floated up from the depths of Drake & Sweeney, from a confidential file that is now in Michael's hands, and from a conspiracy that has already taken lives.  Now Michael's former partners are about to become his bitter enemies.  Because to them, Michael Brock is the most dangerous man on the streets....

Review:

"Compelling...if there's any justice, The Street Lawyer will be his biggest hit yet." —Entertainment Weekly

"An entertaining read with an important theme."—Chicago Sun-Times

"The plot surges forward, pulling us along as we turn those pages a mile a minute." –San Francisco Chronicle

A Main Selection of the Literary Guild and the Doubleday Book Club

Synopsis:

Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience. 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 from the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer. And a thief.

Synopsis:

Michael is a rising star scrambling up the ladder of a giant D.C. law firm. Then one day a violent encounter with a homeless man leads him to discover that his firm harbors a nasty little secret. Michael bolts with a top-secret file and lands in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer, and a thief. John Grisham Web Site Promotion (www.jgrisham.com).

About the Author

John Grisham lives with his family in Virginia and Mississippi. His previous novels are A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Chamber, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and The Partner.

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Effie, June 10, 2008 (view all comments by Effie)
The homeless--and the rights of these disposessed,that they often lose as a consequence--is the central issue of this book. The central character, the eponymous street lawyer, becomes their legal benefactor by way of giving up his lucrative position in one of the country's top law firms.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780440225706
Author:
Grisham, John
Publisher:
Dell Publishing Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Thrillers
Subject:
Lawyers
Subject:
Homeless persons
Subject:
Legal
Subject:
Suspense
Subject:
Legal stories
Subject:
Washington
Subject:
Washington (D.C.) Fiction.
Subject:
Homeless
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
106-967
Publication Date:
January 1999
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
464
Dimensions:
6.88x4.26x1.23 in. .50 lbs.
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