It was terrifying and has me clipping coupons and considering coming out of retirement. I did, however, find the discussion about the cost of a law degree (and many other college degrees) shocking and disgusting, and had to spend time looking up the cost of all the possible professions my kids might choose. I wonder if this level of civil disobedience would really get so far.and that is exactly the thought that kept interrupting Grisham's hold on me while I listened. (Stuff dreams are made of.) The characters and the motivation driving this plot might be too esoteric.

It's a stretch of imagination born of desperation to even begin to relate to these law school drop outs breaking the law in order to stick it to the man. The escape plan seemed drafted by Rube Goldberg, each new idea creating a domino effect both impractical and improbable. And, even though the author explains the origin of his idea for this plot, it's hard to swallow. The characters around whom the story revolves are difficult to like unless you are one of the thousands that are buried to your elbows in debt from law school tuition. It didn't grab me by the throat, but it does have the Grisham touch of excellence in structure and development, if not in its plot line. The Rooster Bar is one of those that is interesting. Before I read this book, I would have omitted the *almost* from the previous sentence. Grisham's skillful consistency is incredible, a writer so creative and talented that you can depend on almost anything he publishes holding you in its clutches in a cold sweat until its conclusion. 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. Number one New York Times best-selling author John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that's on shaky ground.

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