The King of Torts (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: John Grisham
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 2003
- Setting: Washington, D.C.; New York City; and the Bahamas; Pennsylvania; Mississippi; Arizona; and other parts of the United States
- Principal Characters: Clay Carter II, Rebecca Van Horn, Max Pace, Ridley, Jarrett Carter, F. Patton French, Dale Mooneyham
- Genres: Long fiction, Novel
- Subjects: New York City, Twenty-first century, Washington, D.C., Greed, Lawyers, Business or business people, Idealism, Money, Markets
- Locales: New York, NY, Mississippi, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Arizona, Bahamas
At age thirty-one, Clay Carter has been working as a public defender in crime-ridden Washington, D.C., for the past five years, long enough to get thoroughly disenchanted with his job for a variety of reasons. He drives an old Honda and owns only two suits of clothing, both gray. He lives in a grungy apartment in a poor part of town. He earns only enough to survive on, while he sees his former Georgetown Law School classmates making six-figure salaries plus bonuses and moving up to partnerships.
Clay, like many other young John Grisham heroes, is losing his idealism about the law...
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