The partners at Finley & Figg—all two of them—often refer to themselves as “a boutique law firm.” Boutique, as in chic, selective, and prosperous. They are, of course, none of these things. What they are is a two-bit operation always in search of their big break, ambulance chasers who’ve been in the trenches much too long making way too little. Their specialties, so to speak, are quickie divorces and DUIs, with the occasional jackpot of an actual car wreck thrown in. After twenty plus years together, Oscar Finley and Wally Figg bicker like an old married couple but somehow continue to scratch out a half-decent living from their seedy bungalow offices in southwest Chicago.
And then change comes their way. More accurately, it stumbles in. David Zinc, a young but already burned-out attorney, walks away from his fast-track career at a fancy downtown firm, goes on a serious bender, and finds himself literally at the doorstep of our boutique firm. Once David sobers up and comes to grips with the fact that he’s suddenly unemployed, any job—even one with Finley & Figg—looks okay to him.
With their new associate on board, F&F is ready to tackle a really big case, a case that could make the partners rich without requiring them to actually practice much law. An extremely popular drug, Krayoxx, the number one cholesterol reducer for the dangerously overweight, produced by Varrick Labs, a giant pharmaceutical company with annual sales of $25 billion, has recently come under fire after several patients taking it have suffered heart attacks. Wally smells money.
A little online research confirms Wally’s suspicions—a huge plaintiffs’ firm in Florida is putting together a class action suit against Varrick. All Finley & Figg has to do is find a handful of people who have had heart attacks while taking Krayoxx, convince them to become clients, join the class action, and ride along to fame and fortune. With any luck, they won’t even have to enter a courtroom!
It almost seems too good to be true.
And it is.
The Litigators is a tremendously entertaining romp, filled with the kind of courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense that have made John Grisham America’s favorite storyteller.
發表於2024-12-19
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這本書是John Grisham的第25本小說。齣版以後,對這本書的評論較有爭議,不少雜誌報紙把這本書排為最暢銷書籍,但也有讀者和書評傢認為這本書缺乏懸念。不論如何,在讀書館中,這本書是僅次於喬布什傳記的受歡迎書籍。 我對這本書的感觸是:一本笑死人不償命的書,一本為電影...
評分這本書是John Grisham的第25本小說。齣版以後,對這本書的評論較有爭議,不少雜誌報紙把這本書排為最暢銷書籍,但也有讀者和書評傢認為這本書缺乏懸念。不論如何,在讀書館中,這本書是僅次於喬布什傳記的受歡迎書籍。 我對這本書的感觸是:一本笑死人不償命的書,一本為電影...
評分這本書是John Grisham的第25本小說。齣版以後,對這本書的評論較有爭議,不少雜誌報紙把這本書排為最暢銷書籍,但也有讀者和書評傢認為這本書缺乏懸念。不論如何,在讀書館中,這本書是僅次於喬布什傳記的受歡迎書籍。 我對這本書的感觸是:一本笑死人不償命的書,一本為電影...
評分這本書是John Grisham的第25本小說。齣版以後,對這本書的評論較有爭議,不少雜誌報紙把這本書排為最暢銷書籍,但也有讀者和書評傢認為這本書缺乏懸念。不論如何,在讀書館中,這本書是僅次於喬布什傳記的受歡迎書籍。 我對這本書的感觸是:一本笑死人不償命的書,一本為電影...
評分這本書是John Grisham的第25本小說。齣版以後,對這本書的評論較有爭議,不少雜誌報紙把這本書排為最暢銷書籍,但也有讀者和書評傢認為這本書缺乏懸念。不論如何,在讀書館中,這本書是僅次於喬布什傳記的受歡迎書籍。 我對這本書的感觸是:一本笑死人不償命的書,一本為電影...
圖書標籤: 小說 美國 JohnGrisham 律師小說 法律 英文原版 英語 英文
相當一般,直到最後五分之一纔顯示齣瞭一點點作為一本legal thriller的potential。作者對於男性人物的塑造(or 人物 in general)算不上得心應手,大多男性人物都麵目模糊十分蒼白;而女性人物,雖然更為鮮活,但男性視角很是明顯。David Zinc對於biglaw的描述與不滿誇張瞭點,不過呢,唉,非常有道理。
評分the street lawyer 與 the king of torts閤體
評分最後David把150萬都分瞭我覺得也是很神奇……
評分Continuing to give us insights into the makings of big city and federal court systems, John somehow makes his writing funny and humorous by depicting an ambulance chaser law firm faced with an rare opportunity to bring a class action lawsuit against a big Pharma company with some interesting characters that simple make me laugh in the reading.
評分文筆風趣幽默,能夠吸引人一直讀下去的英文小說。這部小說裏麵每個人物都有著自己的缺點。老頭是個老派的妻管嚴。希望能過生活發生變化,但是卻不甘邁齣一步。中年是個心比天高,卻不腳踏實地的小人物。青年在大律所的重壓下崩潰,從而改變瞭自己的一生。幸好青年雖然崩潰過,但是卻是個腳踏實地的人。最後他的努力拯救瞭故事裏麵每個人。
The Litigators 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載