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The Street Lawyer
Contributor(s): Grisham, John (Author)
ISBN: 0385339097     ISBN-13: 9780385339094
Publisher: Vintage
OUR PRICE:   $16.20  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2005
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Annotation: 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.


And a thief.

"From the Hardcover edition.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Legal
- Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 520
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.28" W x 8.1" (0.63 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia
- Locality - Washington, D.C.
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 35654
Reading Level: 5.7   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 15.0
 
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Publisher Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Compelling . . . another timely tale from John Grisham."--Chicago Tribune

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.