Rogue Lawyer : A Novel

Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Featuring one of John Grisham’s most colorful, outrageous, and vividly drawn characters yet, Rogue Lawyer showcases the master of the legal thriller at his very best. On the right side of the law—sort of—Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. His office is a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, and fine leather chairs. He has no firm, no partners, and only one employee: his heavily armed driver, who also so happens to be his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, and golf caddie. Sebastian drinks small-batch bourbon and carries a gun. He defends people other lawyers won’t go near: a drug-addled, tattooed kid rumored to be in a satanic cult; a vicious crime lord on death row; a homeowner arrested for shooting at a SWAT team that mistakenly invaded his house. Why these clients? Because Sebastian believes everyone is entitled to a fair trial—even if he has to bend the law to secure one.Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM! PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN PREMIUM MASS MARKET AND TRADE PAPERBACK WITH NEW COVER LOOKBONUS MATERIAL: The trade paperback edition will include book club discussion questions, as did the trade paperbacks of Gray Mountain and Sycamore Row. MORE GREAT SALES FOR GRISHAM: In its first months, the mass market edition of Gray Mountain (8/15) netted nearly a million copies, and the eBook has sold over 750,000 copies. HOT OFF A MAJOR PAPERBACK BESTSELLER: Gray Mountain has sold over 800,000 mass markets and over 170,000 trade paperbacks--while selling more than 750,000 eBooks. SOMETHING NEW FOR GRISHAM: Rogue Lawyer departs from standard Grisham fare, both in look and narrative structure--and is garnering overwhelmingly positive reviews in the process.#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: The hardcover edition debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and remained on the list for 14 weeks hitting #1 for 7 of them.Quotes:ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST AND NPR“Terrific . . . inventive . . . John Grisham still makes it look easy.”—Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post “Sebastian Rudd is . . . a kind of twenty-first-century Philip Marlowe . . . with a blunt, rude, gravelly poetic wiseguy voice.”—Benjamin Percy, The New York Times Book Review “Deeply engaging and entertaining . . . [Grisham finds] intense drama in the little skirmishes that play out across our legal system every day.”—Charles Finch, USA Today “Grisham has taken a step in an intriguing new direction.”—Janet Maslin, The New York TimesAuthor Bio: John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system. John lives on a farm in central Virginia.