I pulled this book from my husband's collection when I had nothing to read. It's years since I picked up a John Grisham novel; I tend to get enough courtroom drama from TV, but the book was preferable to the 300 or so war stories my husband has on his bookshelves!
I don't think it's one of Grisham's best novels (it hasn't been made into a movie) but it's still a good read. It tells the story of Wally and Oscar, two ambulance chasing street lawyers, and David, a high flying young corporate lawyer who decides that a 70+ hour week in a big firm is no life at all. The three team up and take on Big Pharma in a mass tort (class action) case. They are the little guys playing in the big leagues and soon find themselves out of their depth. Wally's love life, Oscar's bad marriage and David's disappointed family all add depth and interest to the story.
Grisham manages to make every aspect of legal work and every type of lawyer seem tarnished and unappealing. Two thirds of the way through the book it all seemed fairly predictable; the last 200 pages held a few surprises, but there was no shocking twist.
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