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I found that more adults tend to read Grisham, but I find his writing addicting. I cannot seem to get enough of them since I first picked up one of his books. Now, I try to get my hands on any book of his that I can.
The King of Torts is a very fast-paced novel that never lets up, cover to cover. When the book first made its debut, everyone was questioning its weird title, but once you read the book, the title makes a whole lot more sense. In the book, the title "mass tort" is more commonly used. An example of a mass tort would be a company injuring a great number of people with a common product.
The young lawyer is Clay Carter. He is working as a Public Defender in Washington. He drives an old Honda with high mileage and lives in a rundown apartment.
Clay gets stuck with an unwanted murder case. He is defending someone who escaped from the rehab clinic and randomly shot someone. The strange thing was that his client had no past history of violence. Nothing made sense.
He investigated a little further and wound up in a pharmaceutical mess. He uncovered a pharmacy that tested a new medicine on humans that was supposed to turn them drug free, but for some people it drove them to kill. Now the company is trying to buy him with ten million dollars to keep his mouth shut, along with his own law firm.
Overall, The King of Torts is one of my favorite novels. It has a unique story plot that constantly keeps you guessing. After reading this story, I would think twice about taking any kind of drug shown on TV.