The Street Lawyer: A Novel
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Compelling . . . another timely tale from John Grisham. [The Street Lawyer] shows not only that Grisham has his finger on the public pulse but that he’s also out to prick its conscience.”—Chicago Tribune
Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was no more than three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience.
Then a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived, but his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging and learned that his attacker was a mentally ill veteran who’d been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney.
The fast track derailed, the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer. And a thief.
ASIN : B003B02O50
Publisher : Vintage
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : March 9, 2010
Edition : Reprint
Language : English
File size : 1.8 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 370 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0307576088
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #16,443 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #144 in Legal Thrillers (Kindle Store) #226 in Political Thrillers (Books) #624 in Suspense Thrillers
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Compelling . . . another timely tale from John Grisham. [The Street Lawyer] shows not only that Grisham has his finger on the public pulse but that he’s also out to prick its conscience.”—Chicago Tribune
Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was no more than three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience.
Then a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived, but his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging and learned that his attacker was a mentally ill veteran who’d been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney.
The fast track derailed, the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer. And a thief.
ASIN : B003B02O50
Publisher : Vintage
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : March 9, 2010
Edition : Reprint
Language : English
File size : 1.8 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 370 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0307576088
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #16,443 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #144 in Legal Thrillers (Kindle Store) #226 in Political Thrillers (Books) #624 in Suspense Thrillers
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Dennis I. –
A good read
Revealing information on the fight and struggles of the homeless and what assets, both people and financial to help them.
Doug Ellis –
A Heart Gripping Message on Minorities and Poverty
As someone who gives $s to charities and done some volunteering, this book brought home an even greater desire to give more $s & time to poverty and minority causes. I was a product of the 60’s and gave then but lost it somewhat by climbing the social ladder, raising a family and disconnected by age and time.
IntrepidK8 –
This book stands the test of time.
As a former corporate lawyer at a top 100 global law firm who is now the CEO of a homeless services agency, I was a intrigued to read this book when it was suggested to me by a friend. My friend is the director of a state housing agency and said the book reminded him of me. While he couldn’t speak to the legal aspects, the issues faced by the homeless were still accurate almost 30 years later.My friend is right. It is sad that so little has changed, sadder still that we are rapidly moving backwards on housing and homeless policy. It is also tragic that the work of public interest law is more necessary than ever.Homelessness is on the rise. As income inequality grows, and the longer housing is seen as a financial instrument rather than a basic necessity, the worse things will become. And this book predates the opioid epidemic, a disaster it could hardly contemplate.I hope readers do not finish this book and remain unmoved. Homeless shelters and legal aid clinics need donations, volunteers, and friends who will support the legislatures willing to build the social safety nets we all deserve.Bottom line – its a good, fast based yarn full if characters and situations that remain more accurate than I’d like. Big Law needs to do better. And no one should have to outside in a snow storm. And yet Big Law continues to disappoint and too many homeless people die outside every year.We can do better.
Neil J. Rosen –
How an impoverished family gets justice against all odds.
Another great John Grisham book. You can never go wrong selecting one of his books. How a small town lawyer defends a teenager from the death penalty.
Shari Dyke –
Fabulous read!
Grisham has done it again and continues these “can’t put down” reads! I read his books years ago, drifted on to others, was reintroduced with his latest The Widow, which I devoured and chose this next. I have 2 more lined up! I can’t get enough of Grisham right now!
HWF –
Another Great Read
I chose the 4 star rating because I find that those that read reviews are more prone to read them than 5 star reviews! I learned a lot about the homeless and how poorly they are represented by lawyers and our federal government. I fully realize that this is a major issue in America and around the world. I highly recommend that all of us and especially our Congress, Scotus, and especially the POTUS read this book! HWF
Marie-Jo Fortis –
JUST OKAY
THE STREET LAWYER by John GrishamThe Street Lawyer is written in Grisham’s minimalist prose and under the point of view of a young ambitious lawyer converted into the defense of the homeless. While filled with good intentions the novel is just okay. There is no thrill in this thriller. One gets more details about the reality of poverty set in the book right next to the official buildings of Washington indifferent politicians.Its idealist content might be symbolized with the formidable figure of Mordecai, a very big man with yet a bigger voice. There is also a hint of romance that may satisfy some readers but which to me is useless. I am not opposed to a love story amidst the horrors of society but here it falls flat.Sometimes I suspect that Grisham gets a little ghostwriter help, which is no help at all, as the prose sounds like him, but not the voice. Grisham has written 51 books while some authors have spent their lives working on less than 10. Insisting on quantity instead of quality seems self-destructive, particularly on a creative mind. It takes monsters like Balzac and Shakespeare to give the world huge numbers of works and one masterpiece after another. I read a lot of Grisham, specifically when I am at work on a novel, to keep my own prose on leash, so to speak, and do the show-not-tell thing.But The Street Lawyer lacks tension and, unless you are a Grisham unconditional, you could pass this one.
Kindle Customer –
Heart touching, sad but also optimistic
I very much liked the author’s compassion and human attitude toward desolate people – homeless, addicts, petty thieves stealing essential food.I very much sympathised with the hero, I wish there were more people like him.The first part was full of suspense, but the part following it was a bit slow.Yet nothing can match the wonderful and perfect ending, almost too good to be true, but still very reasonable.
Nelson Hernandez –
Mycket inderhållande! 👍🏼
Celia Adamson –
Couldn’t put it down
Cliente –
Mais um obra-prima de Grisham
Bibi –
Comme la plupart des livres de John GRISHAM, ce livre est excellent, pas de pause café, le rythme est constant et l’histoire bien ficelée…un tableau réaliste du ”rêve américain” et du ”cauchemar américain” !!!
Lawrence Green –
good read