The Street Lawyer: Summary and book reviews of The Street Lawyer by John Grisham, plus links to an excerpt from The Street Lawyer and a biography of John Grisham.
The Street Lawyer
by
John Grisham
Hardcover: Feb 1998,
352 pages.
Paperback: Jan 1999,
464 pages.
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.
Book Reviews
School Library Journal
Michael's transformation from greedy attorney to a sympathetic social worker is gradual and credible. Other characters are not as well developed. As Grisham includes many statistics and other relevant information on the homeless, this is an good choice for sociology students.
Chicago Sun-Times
"An entertaining read with an important theme."
Chicago Sun-Times
"An entertaining read with an important theme."
San Francisco Chronicle
The plot surges forward, pulling us along as we turn those pages a mile a minute.
San Francisco Chronicle
The plot surges forward, pulling us along as we turn those pages a mile a minute.
Entertainment Weekly
;Compelling...if there's any justice, The Street Lawyer
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