Rogue Lawyer

Rogue Lawyer is a novel by John Grisham. It was released in hardcover, large print paperback, e-book, compact disc audiobook and downloadable audiobook on October 20, 2015.[1] It is a legal thriller about unconventional street lawyer Sebastian Rudd.[2] In November 2015, the novel was at the top of the New York Times Fiction Best Seller for two weeks.[3] The name "Max Mancini", Rudd's City Attorney adversary in the story, was chosen as a result of a fund-raising auction for the charity Reprieve.[4]

Rogue Lawyer
First edition (US)
AuthorJohn Grisham
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreLegal thriller
PublisherDoubleday (US)
Hodder & Stoughton (UK)
Publication date
October 20, 2015
Pages352 pp (hardcover 1st edition)
ISBN978-0-385-53943-2

The February 4, 2016 reading of the book was the final book read on The Radio Reader before the May 5 death of host Dick Estell.[5]

Plot

Sebastian Rudd is a street lawyer, but not your typical street lawyer. His office is a black customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, and fine leather chairs. He has no firm, no partners, and only one employee: his heavily armed driver, who used to be his client, and who also happens to be his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, golf caddie, and his only friend. Sebastian drinks small-batch bourbon and carries a gun. His beautiful ex-wife is a lawyer too, and she left him for another woman while still they were married. He only gets to see his son for 36 hours per month and his ex-wife wants to stop all visits. He defends people other lawyers won't go near: a drug-addled, tattooed kid rumored to be in a satanic cult who is (falsely) accused of murdering two girls; a vicious crime lord on death row who ends up escaping before Rudd's eyes; a homeowner arrested for shooting at a SWAT team that mistakenly invaded his house, and killed his wife and dogs; a Mixed martial arts fighter previously financed by Rudd who killed a referee after losing a fight. In between these adventures, he's contacted by a serial kidnapper and killer who's involved in human trafficking, and knows the whereabouts of the assistant chief of police's missing daughter.

References
  1. "Rogue Lawyer". Random House. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. Miller, Jerry P. "Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham | LJ Review". Library Journal. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  3. "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction". The New York Times. November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  4. "John Grisham gives charity the name of his next villain as a fund-raiser". November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  5. "Books Read August 2011 - present". RadioReader.net. May 10, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


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