I was pleasantly surprised that I actually really enjoyed this book. I haven't read John Grisham in a while. I've always associated him with 90s legal thrillers. I received this book over a year ago as a gift and just now got around to reading it. It's a comedy! The story follows David Zinc, an associate attorney at a mega-firm in Chicago. One day David just can't go through another 12 hour day at the legal sweat shop a lot of these firms specialize in. So he goes on a fantastic drinking bender and then winds up on the doorstep of a two man ambulance chasing operation. The two partners at this firm are totally inept and hanging on by a thread. David decides to throw his hat in with them and becomes the firm's associate.
The two partners, Oscar Finley and Wallis Figg are bumbling along when one of them gets the bright idea to tag onto a giant mass-tort case against a major pharmaceutical company. Considering the pedigree and lack of ethics exhibited by the partners, the litigation does not go well, to comical results.
I enjoyed watching the Chicago backdrop of the legal community float through this book. It was entertaining and Grisham kept the action moving without getting thoroughly bogged down too far in talking about the minutia of the law suit itself.
4/5 Stars.
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