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#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham´s newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that´s on shaky ground.

Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. 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. 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.
But maybe there´s 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 would first have to quit school. And leaving law school a few short months before graduation would be completely crazy, right? Well, yes and no . . .
Pull up a stool, grab a cold one, and get ready to spend some time at The Rooster Bar.

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"[A] buoyant, mischievous thriller . . . Grisham writes in such an inventive spirit. . . . A treat."-Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"Satisfying . . . Grisham [is] at his best when he brings his sardonic sense of humor to the sometimes questionable ethics of law and banking."-USA Today

"[A] smartly told tale . . . gratifying and all-too-real."-The Washington Post

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John Grisham is the author of thirty-one novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and six novels for young readers.

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