But we are a forgiving lot and move along with the flow of the storyline.
There are gaps in some of the premises that he throws into this one. You'll see evidence of just that in The Rooster Bar. Grisham grabs text from daily headlines and circles the wagons around them. He tended to peter out a bit in The Whistler, but redeemed himself well into Camino Island.
John Grisham seems to be re-creating himself in these later years. And there's plenty of wheeling and dealing going on here. When your back is against the wall, you don a more steely personality and you deal with it. And that's exactly what Mark, Todd, and Zola intend to do. What to do about Gordy.īut when you fall off that barstool, don't get back on. But exactly what? His three friends keep a vigil over him. There are papers tacked to the wall and scattered onto the floor in heaping piles in his apartment. His behavior is sporatic and he obsesses over details. Now desperation sets in and Gordy takes it to another level. Promises of employment after graduation fizzles much like flat beer. Just like the crotchety bartender tops off your drink, Foggy Bottom adds another layer of debt each year.only there's no delightful buzz involved. But these law students, along with their buddy Gordy, are drowning in student loan debts. Many an individual drowns their sorrows here. Fellow occupants Mark, Todd, and Zola are in their third year of law school at Foggy Bottom (Yep). My legs are dangling off a barstool in the ol' Rooster Bar. You are like the gentleman caller who promises wine and roses, but in the aftermath, there's a bit of a dull headache and the barb of the thorn. Pull up a stool, grab a cold one, and get ready to spend some time at The Rooster Bar. And leaving law school a few short months before graduation would be completely crazy, right? Well, yes and no. But to do so, they would first have to quit school. Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. 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 specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that's on shaky ground.
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