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The King of Torts

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: Michael Beck
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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…

©2003 Belfry Holdings, Inc. (P)2003 Random House, LLC Crime Crime Thrillers Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Law Suspense

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"Grisham reigns supreme... another tremendous tour de force" - Sunday Express
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a fantastic gripping listen that shows the true price of the greed for money how it corrupts and changes people

great bbook

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A cautionary tale of when Class Action Lawyers get too rich too quickly. Nicely put together as a linear yarn of greed and the law.

Great book from Mr Grisham

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A very addictive listen of what can go wrong when money is earned too easily and greed and arrogance takes over.

You will want to listen to this story

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The story had masses of potential, but turned out to be a very predictable end, with no real twists or turns. The outcome was known from the very beginning

Not inspiring story

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King of Torts has always been my favourite JG book. Partly due to the fact is not one of the most popular books and wasn't run through the movie mill, partly due to the structure of the tale as it has a clearly defined "beginning, middle and end" and partly because it shows not all his books have the typical Hollywood-esque happy ever after endings. There's a definite current running through the book about the morality of both tort campaigns and greed. The audiobook is brilliantly read by Michael Beck who is by far the best of the JG readers in my opinion.

My favourite Grisham book just got better

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My third listen through - still a top listen! A tale of greed as well as an education, without sentimentality. Highly recommend. Also recommend Street Lawyer by the same author

superb!

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I loved the narration. Great pace and story flowed well. Enjoyed the change of voices

Great book

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Good listen, nothing to deep so just enjoy the ramble in to the US torte world!

Good listen

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John Grisham is just a superb craftsman. he keeps you guessing.and never disappoints. What more needs ro be said?

Characterization

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didnt like the first half hour but then got totally into it - excellent book

excellent

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