[Talk] Hi there..
My name is Lee, 26years old. I can not undertsand why I am not on my bed
for a good sleep but craving to type some English here.
I has just finish a John Grisham's novel, King of Tort, yesterday. This is
my first Grisham's book. While Grisham is celebrate for his stories on lawyers's
career or legal activities, I don't think this book interesting. The story is
concerning a young public defender who graduates from Georgetown Law school and
gets a girl from a snobish family. He always attempt to advance to some large
law firms for better pay and indignity (thaugh no reasons are told why he fail
to do so). Someaday, in a random murder case, a secret guy approached him,
providing him some inside information about several large drug companies, which
rendered him an opportunity to grab millions of dollars form the class tort
lawsuit to these companies. Then, the public defender became the King of Tort,
earning more than 20 million dollars within 17 months. The wealth shift him to
another world, where yachts and jets are necessities, and beautiful women (
they are called "chick" in book) can be easily purchased. The young king of
tort throw his original contempt over wealth away, as well as something pure,
and pursued more money case by case. Finally, his greed destroied everything.
Loss on huge lawsuit, being sued by his previous clients and investigation
from FBI almost came simutaneously. The end is, he wnet bankrupt and leave
the US forever.
Is doesn't sound like an attractive story, does it? Just a circle of making
money and spending it. Too many pages contribute to descriprion about tycoons'
life:yahct, jet, islands, vila, ect, all are personal. However, those parts
may be the most interesting parts of this book. In Taiwan, it is hard to
imagine that being a lawyer would permit you to own those toys. Anyway, the
precise and subtle shifts on the protagonist's desposition do not seem to be
well developed, which makes me doubt if this is the same guy.
Anyway, just to share something. Time to sleep.
--
"I'm still a drunk and a junkie, man. You know the difference between the
two? A drunk will steal your wallet."
"And a junkie?"
"Oh, a junkie'll steal your wallet, too. And then he'll help you look for it."
--
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