gratifying and all-too-real.' -The Washington PostĪbout The Author John Grisham is the author of thirty-one novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and six novels for young readers. Grisham at his best when he brings his sardonic sense of humor to the sometimes questionable ethics of law and banking.' -USA Today ' smartly told tale.

A treat.' -Janet Maslin, The New York Times 'Satisfying.

Grisham writes in such an inventive spirit. The action is set in DC, blocks away from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, in an age. Review Quotes ' buoyant, mischievous thriller. Oh, what a tangled web John Grisham weaves, when first he practices to deceive. I have a suspicion Grisham wrote this book as a veiled criticism of the Trump era. Pull up a stool, grab a cold one, and get ready to spend some time at The Rooster Bar. And leaving law school a few short months before graduation would be completely crazy, right? Well, yes and no. But to do so, they would first have to quit school. Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. 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.īut maybe there's a way out. 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. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. About the Book Three students who have borrowed heavily to attend a third-rate law school realize they have been caught in a scam when they discover that the school's owner also owns a bank specializing in student loans, and plot to expose the scam.īook Synopsis #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that's on shaky ground.

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