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The Street Lawyer

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The Street Lawyer

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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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.

©1998 Belfry Holdings, Inc. (P)1998 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House Inc. Legal Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic reviews

“Grisham at his plot-driven best.”—The Denver Post

“An entertaining read with an important theme . . . The story unfolds in breakneck fashion with those wonderful pages-long passages of taut Grisham dialogue.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“The plot surges forward, pulling us along as we turn those pages a mile a minute.”—San Francisco Chronicle

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Thought-provoking Storyline • Engaging Characters • Social Awareness • Emotional Impact • Dynamic Performance
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It's a good solid story and narration. Not the best, but much better than average, and I'm finding it harder to find a book I like.

not Grisham's best, but still Grisham

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narrative was clear and expressive. keep me wanting to hear more. wonderful and captivating story.

loved it.

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This is Grisham at his best. Fast paced, exhilarating, tense with goose bump moments. Comparable to the Firm, Gray Mountain, the Partner, Time to Kill and the Testament.

One of the best by Grisham!

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Kept me interested from beginning to the end! Great performance and story! Overall, Excellently done!

Very enjoyable!

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I read this book back in high-school and it's what made me a John Grisham fan. still a classic and intriguing book of mine

worth the listen

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Started off a little slow but I'm on a road trip so it was easy to stay with it. Became to know the characters and could easily visualize and follow along. Kinda feel like it was a true story.

Loved it

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lacking a strong plot line and being fairly predictable it was an okay book but something that held my attention.

Good book but fairly predictable and lacking

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I liked the story line. you get plunged in to it from the first paragraph. the story line moves along quite well. I was surprised when it ended. rather abruptly, I thought. but I think I was hoping for a resolution to... (sorry, no spoilers here).
the one criticism I do have is about the production. 6 or 7 times all of a sudden you're listening to the paragraph you just listened to. kind of annoying, but didn't derail me.
good book.

the street lawyer

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I have listened to this audiobook twice. Very interesting, learned a lot about the homeless. Loved the narrators, had me laughing out loud several times, during the settlement procedures. I would love a F/U to this book. What is happening with Brock, Author, Ruby, etc

One of my favor

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Great story with so much accuracy. Always a fan of the legwork Grisham does to make his books as true to life as possible.

From DC

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