THE STREET LAWYER

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by John Grisham (1998)

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DeVon Hardy has just been evicted from a warehouse he called home. DeVon, along with numerous other long term homeless are forced onto the streets in winter. Many of the evictees scatter throughout the cold and wet streets seeking places of temporary shelter; a young family must now sleep in a car. DeVon is morally outraged and feels something must be done. At which point DeVon locates the law firm that carried out the eviction. Michael works for Drake & Sweeney and is seemingly on his way to promotion and much more money. Soon, these two worlds will collide. As Michael learns the truth behind his firm’s role in the eviction something in him stirs and demands attention. A rejection of the corporate lawyer universe starts to take hold. The desire for more money and greater prestige seems to wither and fade as Michael, due to his encounter with DeVon, begins to develop a deeper sense of justice and in his own way, also becomes morally outraged. Now Michael must break free of his bondage and deliver some measure of justice for DeVon. To accomplish this, Michael must become a street lawyer. But his old firm will ensure this is no easy transition. Fiction. 358 pages.

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DETAILS:

Title: The street lawyer

Year: 1998

Author: John Grisham

Pages: 358

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Book review by Keith Salter