Grisham, John
The king of Torts / John Grisham. - New York : Dell Book, c2003. - 472 pages : illustrations ;
Clay Carter, a public defender, reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, assuming 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 stumbles on 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.
Adult
English
0440296064 [newsprint]
Legal stories, American
Pharmaceutical industry Fiction
Suspense fiction
The king of Torts / John Grisham. - New York : Dell Book, c2003. - 472 pages : illustrations ;
Clay Carter, a public defender, reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, assuming 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 stumbles on 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.
Adult
English
0440296064 [newsprint]
Legal stories, American
Pharmaceutical industry Fiction
Suspense fiction