Rogue Lawyer

Zusatztext “Terrific . . . inventive . . . John Grisham still makes it look easy.” —Maureen Corrigan! The Washington Post   “Sebastian Rudd is . . . a kind of twenty-first-century Philip Marlowe . . . with a blunt! rude! gravelly poetic wiseguy voice.” —Benjamin Percy! The New York Times Book Review   “Deeply engaging and entertaining . . . [Grisham finds] intense drama in the little skirmishes that play out across our legal system every day.” —Charles Finch! USA Today   “Grisham has taken a step in an intriguing new direction.” —Janet Maslin! The New York Times Informationen zum Autor John Grisham is the author of twenty-eight novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and six novels for young readers. Klappentext #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND NPR • Featuring one of John Grisham's most colorful! outrageous! and vividly drawn characters yet! Rogue Lawyer showcases the master of the legal thriller at his very best. On the right side of the law-sort of-Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. His office is a customized bulletproof van! complete with Wi-Fi! a bar! a small fridge! and fine leather chairs. He has no firm! no partners! and only one employee: his heavily armed driver! who also so happens to be his bodyguard! law clerk! confidant! and golf caddie. Sebastian drinks small-batch bourbon and carries a gun. He defends people other lawyers won't go near: a drug-addled! tattooed kid rumored to be in a satanic cult; a vicious crime lord on death row; a homeowner arrested for shooting at a SWAT team that mistakenly invaded his house. Why these clients? Because Sebastian believes everyone is entitled to a fair trial-even if he has to bend the law to secure one. Praise for Rogue Lawyer "Terrific . . . inventive . . . Grisham still makes it look easy."-Maureen Corrigan! The Washington Post "Sebastian Rudd is . . . a kind of twenty-first-century Philip Marlowe . . . with a blunt! rude! gravelly poetic wiseguy voice."-Benjamin Percy! The New York Times Book Review "Deeply engaging and entertaining . . . [Grisham finds] intense drama in the little skirmishes that play out across our legal system every day."-Charles Finch! USA Today "Grisham has taken a step in an intriguing new direction."-Janet Maslin! The New York Times 1.        My name is Sebastian Rudd, and though I am a well-known street lawyer, you will not see my name on billboards, on bus benches, or screaming at you from the yellow pages. I don’t pay to be seen on television, though I am often there. My name is not listed in any phone book. I do not maintain a traditional office. I carry a gun, legally, because my name and face tend to attract attention from the type of people who also carry guns and don’t mind using them. I live alone, usually sleep alone, and do not possess the patience and understanding necessary to maintain friendships. The law is my life, always consuming and occasionally fulfilling. I wouldn’t call it a “jealous mistress” as some forgotten person once so famously did. It’s more like an overbearing wife who controls the checkbook. There’s no way out.      These nights I find myself sleeping in cheap motel rooms that change each week. I’m not trying to save money; rather, I’m just trying to stay alive. There are plenty of people who’d like to kill me right now,  and a few of them have been quite vocal. They don’t tell you in law school that one day you may find yourself defending a person charged with a crime so heinous that otherwise peaceful citizens feel driven to take up arms and threaten to kill the accused, his lawyer, and even the judge.      But I’ve been threatened before. It’s part of being a rogue lawyer, a subspecialty...

Product details

• Authors: John Grisham
• Publisher: Anchor Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.05.2016
• EAN: 9781101965863
• ISBN: 978-1-101-96586-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 175 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Dell
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense