The Street Lawyer
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25th September 2014
Price: £19.99
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Audiobook Downloadable / ISBN-13: 9781473605824
Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience.
But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging, and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who’d been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney.
The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.
“Fluent and fascinating. Few writers have so much to say, the skills to make reading what they say an irresistible pleasure — and the clout to be able to say it to an audience of millions.” Independent
(P)1998 Random House, LLC
But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging, and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who’d been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney.
The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.
“Fluent and fascinating. Few writers have so much to say, the skills to make reading what they say an irresistible pleasure — and the clout to be able to say it to an audience of millions.” Independent
(P)1998 Random House, LLC
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