The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators.
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...
About the Author: JOHN Grisham is the author of Skipping Christmas, The Summons, A Painted House, The Brethren, The Testament, The Street Lawyer, The Partner, The Runaway Jury, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Firm, and A Time to Kill..
As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. every week.
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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.
Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm.
The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators
