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The Street Lawyer

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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Summary

 Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law 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 the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.

"Fluent and fascinating. Few writers have so much to say, the skills to make reading what they say an irresistible pleasure -- and the clout to be able to say it to an audience of millions." Independent

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One of his best, perhaps lacking the humour of the stories from the Deep South but well read and very informative and impressive

A very different Grisham

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This is certainly one of Grisham’s better books which I thoroughly enjoyed. It has many of the author’s hallmarks: the descriptions of the crushing work-load endured by ambitious lawyers; cynicism over the money-making tactics; and best of all the pitting of the little man against the hugely wealthy, big law firms.

After a gripping start as 8 lawyers are held captive in fear of their lives by a homeless man, the book transforms into a morality tale when one of them experiences an Epiphany that changes his life from being a high-flying corporate lawyer into one paid little working with a small group of street lawyers trying to solve the legal problems of the homeless. After he discovers that an employee of his old firm has engaged in an illegal action against some homeless people the pace of the book takes off as street lawyers take on the big law firm, with some surprising results.

The narrator is first class.

A engrossing morality story

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Absolutely gripping lots of twists and turns great book.Would highly recommend.Just shows how one thing change the path of your life for the good..

Brilliant

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Some books you are there within a paragraph, this one took a couple of pages......... by which time I was hooked. A great story that was thought provoking. Brilliantly narated, highly recommend......

A great yarn

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Not my favourite Grisham book but I did quite enjoy it. However I didn’t like the style of the narrator and it did rather affect my enjoyment of the book. He sounds like an elderly man but the main character is only 32 years old- off putting in my opinion.

Distracting performance by the narrator

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