Rogue Lawyer

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Rogue Lawyer is a novel by John Grisham. It was released in hardcover, large print paperback, e-book, compact disc audiobook and downloadable audiobook on October 20, 2015.[1] It is a legal thriller about unconventional street lawyer Sebastian Rudd.[2] In November 2015, the novel was at the top of the New York Times Fiction Best Seller for two weeks.[3] The name "Max Mancini", Rudd's City Attorney adversary in the story, was chosen as a result of a fund-raising auction for the charity Reprieve.[4]

The February 4, 2016 reading of the book was the final book read on The Radio Reader before the May 5 death of host Dick Estell.[5]

Plot

Sebastian Rudd is a street lawyer, but not your typical street lawyer. His office is a black customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, and fine leather chairs. He has no firm, no partners, and only one employee: his heavily armed driver, who used to be his client, and who also happens to be his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, golf caddie, and his only friend. Sebastian drinks small-batch bourbon and carries a gun. His beautiful ex-wife is a lawyer too, and she left him for another woman while still they were married. He only gets to see his son for 36 hours per month and his ex-wife wants to stop all visits. He defends people other lawyers won't go near: a drug-addled, tattooed kid rumored to be in a satanic cult who is (falsely) accused of murdering two girls; a vicious crime lord on death row who ends up escaping before Rudd's eyes; a homeowner arrested for shooting at a SWAT team that mistakenly invaded his house, and killed his wife and dogs; a Mixed martial arts fighter previously financed by Rudd who killed a referee after losing a fight. In between these adventures, he's contacted by a serial kidnapper and killer who's involved in human trafficking, and knows the whereabouts of the assistant chief of police's missing daughter.

References

  1. ^ "Rogue Lawyer". Random House. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Miller, Jerry P. "Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham | LJ Review". Library Journal. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  3. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction". The New York Times. November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "John Grisham gives charity the name of his next villain as a fund-raiser". November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "Books Read August 2011 - present". RadioReader.net. May 10, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.

External links

  • Website at JGrisham.com
  • Official website at Random House
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Works by John Grisham
Novels
  • A Time to Kill (1988)
  • The Firm (1991)
  • The Pelican Brief (1992)
  • The Client (1993)
  • The Chamber (1994)
  • The Rainmaker (1995)
  • The Runaway Jury (1996)
  • The Partner (1997)
  • The Street Lawyer (1998)
  • The Testament (1999)
  • The Brethren (2000)
  • A Painted House (2001)
  • Skipping Christmas (2001)
  • The Summons (2002)
  • The King of Torts (2003)
  • Bleachers (2003)
  • The Last Juror (2004)
  • The Broker (2005)
  • Playing for Pizza (2007)
  • The Appeal (2008)
  • The Associate (2009)
  • The Confession (2010)
  • The Litigators (2011)
  • Calico Joe (2012)
  • The Racketeer (2012)
  • Sycamore Row (2013)
  • Gray Mountain (2014)
  • Rogue Lawyer (2015)
  • The Whistler (2016)
  • Camino Island (2017)
  • The Rooster Bar (2017)
  • The Reckoning (2018)
  • The Guardians (2019)
  • Camino Winds (2020)
  • A Time for Mercy (2020)
  • The Judge's List (2021)
  • The Exchange (2023)
Short story collections
  • Ford County (2009)
Short stories
  • The Tumor (2015)
Non-fiction
  • The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town (2006)
Theodore Boone series
  • Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (2010)
  • Theodore Boone: The Abduction (2011)
  • Theodore Boone: The Accused (2012)
  • Theodore Boone: The Activist (2013)
  • Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (2015)
  • Theodore Boone: The Scandal (2016)
  • Theodore Boone: The Accomplice (2019)
Screenplays
  • The Gingerbread Man (1998)
  • Mickey (2004)
Film adaptations
  • The Firm (1993)
  • The Pelican Brief (1993)
  • The Client (1994)
  • A Time to Kill (1996)
  • The Chamber (1996)
  • The Rainmaker (1997)
  • The Gingerbread Man (1998)
  • A Painted House (2003)
  • Runaway Jury (2003)
  • Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Television adaptations
  • The Client (1995–1996)
  • The Firm (2012)
  • The Innocent Man (2018)


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