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The King of Torts: A Novel
Written by John Grisham
Narrated by Michael Beck
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A public defender stumbles upon a case that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams—if it doesn’t kill him first—in this “rousing . . . pedal-to-the-metal crowd-pleaser” (People).
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 gets wrapped up in 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.
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 gets wrapped up in 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.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release dateFeb 4, 2003
ISBN9780739302255
Author
John Grisham
John Grisham es autor de numerosos libros que han llegado al primer puesto en las listas de best sellers y que han sido traducidos a casi cincuenta idiomas. Sus obras más recientes incluyen La lista del juez, Los adversarios, Los chicos de Biloxi, El intercambio, Isla maldita y Tiempo de perdón, que está siendo adaptada como serie por HBO. Grisham ha ganado dos veces el Premio Harper Lee de ficción legal y ha sido galardonado con el Premio al Logro Creativo de Ficción de la Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos. Cuando no está escribiendo, Grisham trabaja en la junta directiva de Innocence Project y Centurion Ministries, dos organizaciones dedicadas a lograr la exoneración de personas condenadas injustamente. Muchas de sus novelas exploran problemas profundamente arraigados en el sistema de justicia estadounidense. John vive en una granja en Virginia.
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Reviews for The King of Torts
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Mar 9, 2024
It is quite an interesting book, the writing is very good, the descriptions are very accurate, and the story along with the uncertainty it leaves is very interesting and well done.
The story is very captivating; the writer's extensive legal knowledge is evident, and he manages to showcase significant problems within the U.S. justice system. (Translated from Spanish) - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Jan 31, 2022
"For Rebecca, the jet was a terrible symbol of the destructive power of greed." (Translated from Spanish) - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Jan 11, 2021
Fun like every Grisham novel. (Translated from Spanish) - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Jan 8, 2020
Best seller. Every novel has a touch of reality, star lawyers in search of power and money, unscrupulous companies with power and money, women tied to power, or money, or both. Rapid rise, spectacular falls. Entertaining. (Translated from Spanish) - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Sep 16, 2018
This is another one of Grisham's books that I liked. It starts with a lawyer, Clay Carter, who is a public defender in Washington DC, until he comes across a case in which he can sue a large pharmaceutical company that used homeless people to experiment with drugs. Then he enters the business of class action lawsuits, a very particular field within the lawyers of the United States, and the book deals with the consequences of this. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. (Translated from Spanish)