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by John Grisham
Pull up a stool, grab a cold one, and get ready to spend some time with this "buoyant, mischievous thriller" (Janet Maslin, The New York Times).
Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam.
But maybe there's a way out. Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. But to do so, they would first have to quit school. And leaving law school a few short months before graduation would be completely crazy, right? Well, yes and no ...
"[A] buoyant, mischievous thriller ... Grisham writes in such an inventive spirit... . A treat." —The New York Times
"Satisfying ... Grisham [is] at his best when he brings his sardonic sense of humor to the sometimes questionable ethics of law and banking." —USA Today
"[A] smartly told tale ... gratifying and all-too-real." —The Washington Post
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Born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to a construction worker and
a homemaker, John Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball
player. Realizing he didn't have the right stuff for a pro career, he shifted
gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University. After
graduating from law school at Ole Miss in 1981, he went on to practice law for
nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal
injury litigation. In 1983, he was elected to the state House of Representatives
and served until 1990.
One day at the Dessoto County courthouse, Grisham was inspired to start a novel. Grisham spent three years on A Time to Kill
and finished it in 1987. Initially rejected by many publishers, it was
eventually bought by Wynwood ...
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Link to John Grisham's Website
Name Pronunciation
John Grisham: jon GRISH-uhm
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