The Street Lawyer

A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery and suspense

De: John Grisham

Narrado por: Michael Beck

Brought to you by Penguin.

Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D. C. firm with 800 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 to walk around them on the sidewalk. 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 homeless man? Michael did some digging and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for twenty 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 from the firm, and took a top secret file with him. He landed in the streets, a poverty lawyer, a street lawyer, an advocate for the homeless. And a thief.


© John Grisham 1998 (P) Penguin Audio 2005

©1998 Belfry Holdings, Ltd.; (P)2005 Random House Audiobooks

Grisham ’light’.

Enough for a short story not a novel. Also a bit holier-than-though… there is only one typical Grisham court episode which is good.
Michael Beck is fantastic as ever, although he exagerates the tear-squeezing voice when talking about the sadness of homelessness.
The worst though was the music suddenly appearing at ’emotional’ or ’suspenseful’ moments. Completely distracting. I laughed out loud a few times. Classical kitchy string music when relationships were talked about… bad horror film sounds when ’bad’ things happened. Cant believe who would think that enhances the story telling.