| <b>book description</b><br/>the chief judge of kindle y four of his most prominent subordinates have been taking bribes for years. the us attorney is trying to build up a case against them. but the only way he can hope to convict them is with the help of robbie feaver, a thoroughly-compromised lawyer.<br/><br/><b>amazon.co.uk review</b><br/>scott turow has always pushed himself beyond the expectations of readers critics. in presumed innocent (1987), he introduced fictional kindle y ushered in the era that spawned such mega-authors as john grisham, richard north patterson david baldacci. in personal injuries, turow continues to innovate on legal fiction, but his achievement this time is not gained through clever plot twists (though there are several) or intense legal action (though there is much of that too). the achievement of mastery this time is via exquisitely drawn, faulknerian characters--attorney robbie feaver, agent evon miller, us attorney stan sennett justice brendan tuohey--whose lives become the driving mystery at the core of the book.<br/>the novel begins with robbie feaver seeking counsel from the narrator, attorney george mason. for years, feaver has been bribing several judges in the common law claims division to win favourable judgements. now that us attorney stan sennett has uncovered feaver's dirty little secret, he wants to use feaver to get at the man he believes to be at the centre of all the legal corruption in the metropolitan area, brendan tuohey, presiding judge of common law claims heir apparent to the chief justice of kindle y superior court. with mason as an advisor, robbie assists sennett his team of fbi undercover agents in crafting a massive sting operation that involves an fbi-manufactured lawyer named "james mcmanis", a cast of fictional clients "evon miller"--a deep cover agent ( former olympic athlete)--who poses as robbie's paralegal paramour. <br/><br/>with a skill rarely found in genre fiction, turow composes his narrative with variations on several recurring themes. the novel ripples with paranoia as the fbi enshrouds the legal community of kindle y in a web of tapped phones, concealed cameras wired spies. <br/><br/>at the centre of indirection sit robbie evon. the pair dance through an elegant game of erotically-charged hide seek: robbie, the practised liar former actor, evon, the agent whose whole life must remain a fiction if she is to survive. at their best, legal thrillers leave readers confronting the core of their values perceptions of legal moral rectitude. personal injuries is the legal thriller at its very best. <br/> --patrick o'kelley<br/><br/><b>book dimension:</b><br/>length: (cm)18 width:(cm)11 |
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