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The king of torts / John Grisham.

Grisham, John. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0385508042 :
  • ISBN: 9780385508049
  • Physical Description: 376 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2003.
Subject: Pharmaceutical industry > Fiction.
Genre: Legal fiction (Literature)
Thrillers (Fiction)

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Covington Branch GRISH J (Text) 33126019458003 Adult Fiction Available -
Erlanger Branch GRISH J (Text) 33126024677761 Adult Fiction Available -
Independence Branch GRISH J (Text) 33126009030812 Adult Fiction Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    Washed-up public defender Clay Carter's latest case, a routine street killing, takes an unexpected turn when he discovers evidence of a conspiracy involving a large drug company and a lawsuit with a huge potential settlement.
  • Baker & Taylor
    The author of such best-selling legal thrillers as The Summons and The Brethren presents his latest novel of courtroom and legal suspense. 2,500,000 first printing. $2,500,000 ad/promo.
  • Blackwell North Amer
    The Office of the Public Defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long, and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week.
    As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world and looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life - that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's newest king of torts.
  • Random House, Inc.
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week.

    As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life—that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession’s newest king of torts...

    Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

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