ROGUE LAWYER
by John Grisham
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- ISBN 10
- 0385539436
- ISBN 13
- 9780385539432
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday. 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385539436 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light adhesive residue on rear panel. ; 6.5 X 1.2 X 9.54 inches; 352 pages .
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On Oct 28 2015, CloggieDownunder said:
Rogue Lawyer is the 26th stand-alone novel by popular American author, John Grisham. Sebastian Rudd is a rogue lawyer. He defends criminals no-one else will touch; he is unpopular with criminals and with the police, so unpopular that his last office was fire-bombed; he is not above cheating, especially when he believes the other side is doing it; he says he fights bad systems and hates injustice.
After finishing parts one and two, the reader could be forgiven for thinking that the book is going to be a collection of anecdotes about cases Rudd has won or lost, but persistence proves that Grisham is giving his character a back-story, so that his behaviour later in the book seems consistent. Rudd does spend quite a bit of time justifying his actions, though, especially when it comes to his broken marriage, his obsession with cage fighting and his interactions with his seven-year-old son.
This is a legal thriller that touches on wrongful arrest, trial by media, death row, and death by SWAT team. There is a dramatic prison escape, a car bombing, more than one kidnap, several cage fights, sex trafficking, and a SWAT assault, all against a background of conflict with Rudd’s ex-wife over visitation rights. The size and nature of back-room court deals, if accurate, is quite an eye-opener. Not Grisham’s best, but still a good read.
With thanks to TheReadingRoom and Hachette for this copy to read and review
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- Title
- ROGUE LAWYER
- Author
- John Grisham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385539436
- ISBN 13
- 9780385539432
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- 0385539436
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