The King of Torts
The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week.
As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life?that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession?s newest king of torts... more
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-06-2009
- Exciting and Provocative
I have read most of Grishams novels and I find this one to be the best so far. Not being a lawyer, I found the world of class action torts to be quite a provocative topic. Clay Carter's character was well developed and interesting....
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-29-2008
- Grisham continues with a trend previously established (Or, what can I add to this as the 574th reviewer)
This is a review of the audibook read by Michael BeckGrisham's "The King of Torts" continues the trend that he started in other books such as The Chamber and The Runaway Jury. The book isn't really about the characters or the plot....
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-07-2008
- Legal Thriller Based On Greed
I found this book particularly interesting because I work in health care. Health care has spawned the side industry of health-related legal settlements. Class action lawsuits have taken this industry to a whole new level, and this book...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-18-2008
- Lacks the artistic spark
Grisham has mastered the craft of telling a good story, but seems to lack the artistic spark to tell a very good one.This straightforward story of rags to riches to rags is so predictable beginning to end that it actually kept me reading...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-06-2009
- Exciting and Provocative
I have read most of Grishams novels and I find this one to be the best so far. Not being a lawyer, I found the world of class action torts to be quite a provocative topic. Clay Carter's character was well developed and interesting....
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-29-2008
- Grisham continues with a trend previously established (Or, what can I add to this as the 574th reviewer)
This is a review of the audibook read by Michael BeckGrisham's "The King of Torts" continues the trend that he started in other books such as The Chamber and The Runaway Jury. The book isn't really about the characters or the plot....
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-18-2008
- Lacks the artistic spark
Grisham has mastered the craft of telling a good story, but seems to lack the artistic spark to tell a very good one.This straightforward story of rags to riches to rags is so predictable beginning to end that it actually kept me reading...
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