Sunday, January 7, 2018

The Rooster Bar by John Grisham FIC Gri

I always look forward to a new Grisham book.  They are always entertaining.  This one has a different twist.  It begins with three law students - Zola, Mark, and Todd.  It is almost over.  They are third-year students which is the time that reality sets in.  They need to find jobs - jobs that pay well because they are all heavily in debt.  It won't be easy because their law school ranks as one of the worst - which explains why a lot of its students were accepted as students.  It is a for-profit school and it is very easy to borrow the money but not so easy to pay it back. One of their friends can see no way out except for suicide. Then one of the trio discovers that their school is actually part of a chain and all that matters is the money.

The only way out of it is to expose the banking scheme that has led to this pivotal moment.  It won't be easy and they certainly don't have time to attend their last semester and pull this off.  So they quit school and find a place to hide out.  It is entertaining to watch them as they pretend to be real lawyers in order to pick up some easy money.  A true David and Goliath story!

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