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The Rooster Bar
- Author
- John Grisham
- Narrator
- Ari Fliakos
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 24 October 2017
- Run Time
- 10 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Political / legal thriller, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist.
Law students Mark, Todd and Zola wanted to change the world - to make it a better place. But these days these three disillusioned friends spend a lot of time hanging out in The Rooster Bar, the place where Todd serves drinks. As third-year students, they realise they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specialising in student loans, the three realise they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam.
So they begin plotting a way out. Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. But to do so, they have to leave law school, pretend they are qualified and go into battle with a billionaire and the FBI . . .
Ingenious, immersive and page-turning, The Rooster Bar is a John Grisham legal thriller bar none.
(P)2017 Random House Audio
Critics Review
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The reason [Grisham is] so popular is because he's so good. If anything, he may be America's most underrated best selling author, because all he does is write compelling, page-turning fiction, book after book, year after year
Huffington Post
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The multi-layered plot is inventively sustained and, as always with Grisham, the scintillating storytelling serves to highlight a substantial issue: the ruinous repercussions of graduate debt and the scandal of "diploma mill" colleges
The Sunday Times
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A wild, hard-to-put-down romp
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Smartly told . . . Bravo to Grisham for using his star power to shine another spotlight on an all-too-real problem in this gratifying and all-too-real book
The Washington Post
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Grisham writes in such an inventive spirit . . . [a] buoyant, mischievous thriller . . . THE ROOSTER BAR is written with the same verve Grisham brought to this summer's CAMINO ISLAND with the same sense that this reliable best-selling author is feeling real pleasure, and not just obligation, in delivering his work
New York Times
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Good idea; good, vengeful execution
Janet Maslin, Independent
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Engrossing
Chris Roberts, CrimeReview.co.uk
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
As always Mr John Grisham knows how to write a brilliant story.
I totally enjoyed this book, especially as it was the first book of John’s that I had read to me.
Looking for the next Grisham book now.
Thanks!meongold 2024-09-16
Details
- Author
- John Grisham
- Narrator
- Ari Fliakos
- Duration
- 10 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 October 2017
- ISBN
- 9781473616943
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Political / legal thriller, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
'The Best Thriller Writer Alive' Ken FollettJohn Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist.Law students Mark, Todd and Zola wanted to change the world - to make it a better place. But these days these three disillusioned friends spend a lot of time hanging out in The Rooster Bar, the place where Todd serves drinks. As third-year students, they realise they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specialising in student loans, the three realise they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam.So they begin plotting a way out. Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. But to do so, they have to leave law school, pretend they are qualified and go into battle with a billionaire and the FBI . . .Ingenious, immersive and page-turning, The Rooster Bar is a John Grisham legal thriller bar none.(P)2017 Random House Audio
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