The Rooster Bar by John Grisham follows three law school friends who drop out in their final year at a sub-rated law school. This is after their friend commits suicide. They are all struggling with the loss, and the mountain of debt with no job prospects. After dropping out of law school, they decide to illegally practice law. They hang around traffic courts and hospitals scamming people into hiring them to fight their legal battles.
The suspense comes from wondering when and how these three
will get caught and how they are managing to, hopefully, stay one step ahead of
the law they are defending. The witty banter and legal setting add to the
overall enjoyment of the novel.
As a financial aid representative, it was interesting to see the portrayal of
the loan officers. This book was written about a decade ago and a lot of things
have changed on the student loan front, but adding the student loan shirking was
a personally funny thing to see. There are not many books that take a look at
the financial aid side of things and this minor story line made it all the more
fun for me.
There is a lot packed into this book. Lawyers breaking laws, legal trials, ICE
agents (because why not throw a deportation in on top of everything else) and
off shore accounts. It had a little bit of everything that you’d expect from a
legal thriller and John Grisham does a great job of tying everything together while
still making it believable.
I would rate this a 3.5 out of 5 stars and would recommend to anyone who like legal
thrillers and my fellow financial aid representatives.
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