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  <title><![CDATA[The King of Torts]]></title>
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  <default-description>The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators.  Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm.  When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe.  He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life&amp;#8212;that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession&amp;#8217;s newest king of torts...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Hardcover edition.&lt;/i&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2002</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The King of Torts</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John Grisham]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[booooooooooooring and tedious.  Very disappointed with this book from Grisham. While I learned a little about Tort Law, I also could have learned same from an internet site. The story was long, repetitive and boring. Showed the greed of tort lawyers without allowing the reader to really get to know ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17496645">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 27 07:49:28 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 27 07:52:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why do I keep doing this to myself?<br/>Every Grisham I read seems to get worse and worse and this was the worst --- unless of course you like to read about privately owned jets, earning millions of dollars, winning class action suits that bring in billions (yes, I'm not exaggerating), fast cars, a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28416508">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23226561">
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  <read_at>Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 29 10:05:17 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 02 09:48:54 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As usual, this book it well written.  Grisham tells the story of the meteoric rise and subsequent fall of the newest, hottest lawyer in the DC area.  The problem that I found with this book is that I simply didn't care about any of the main characters in this book.  The main character's greed and fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23226561">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51267861">
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 02 10:26:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 02 10:30:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the most captivating studies in human nature I’ve read in quite some time.  I highly recommend it.<br/><br/>Clay Carter is a hard-working guy at the DC public defender’s office.  He’s been there five years as this book opens, and he’s about to get a murder case in spite of h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51267861">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47902281">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who likes legal thrillers and books about lawyers and lawsuits]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 01 11:53:28 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 01 12:08:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I’ve never knew much about law cases, but John Grisham made me feel as if I was a lawyer in Washington, D.C. myself. Clay Carter, a lawyer for the firm OPD, is a man struggling to make money at the law firm he works at. “The beginning salary for an OPD lawyer was 36,000 dollars. The most senior ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47902281">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13685574">
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 26 21:26:07 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 26 09:19:20 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book in the Portland, OR airport and finished it by the time I reached Orlando with a stopover somewhere.  It was this or Sky Mall Magazine.  What attracted me to the book over the others in the airport was that I'd requested <em>The Innocent Man</em> from my library after having read a good re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13685574">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17356198">
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    <body><![CDATA[I almost always enjoy a good John Grisham book and love to read them on an airplane as they make the time go by so fast.  This was one of my favorites as it gives an inside look at the huge class-action lawsuits and how they can affect the lives of those involved, especially in the legal field.  The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17356198">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22159892">
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  <read_at>Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 13 11:08:43 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 13 11:10:42 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Seriously...did Grishham fall asleep at the end?  No spoilers, but it seems like for the last few chapters he was in a big rush to finish the book and just made everything end real abruptly.  Especially considering that the rest of the book was quite long and drawn out....<br/><br/>This was the fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22159892">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47617539">
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 26 13:23:39 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 26 13:40:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another audiobook for another long drive.  At least this one came from a thrift store.  This book is about class action law-suits against the pharmaceutical industry.  There is a plot (sort of) but most of this book is spent explaining class-action lawsuits along with their benefits and consequences...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47617539">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52529393">
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  <date_added>Mon Apr 13 13:10:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 13 13:11:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he as...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52529393">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63227268">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ralph]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 12 20:50:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 06 21:22:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It really took me a while to get into this book. It started out pretty slow, but it was interesting. I kept reading, and I'm pretty disappointed with the novel.<br/><br/>The novel follows a man named Clay Carter - a lawyer working for the Office of the Public Defender. His job is going no where, h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63227268">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67984984">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 18 21:14:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 18 21:22:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not a lawyer.  As an accountant I could relate more to the questions and concerns expressed by the main character's accountant.  I enjoyed  the book despite the clear unethical decisions made by the main character, Clay.  As unethical as those choices may have been, they would be tough choices f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67984984">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30325938">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 16 14:57:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 16 15:09:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i had been thinking ever since finishing the bar that i wanted to read a crappy john grisham book.  i went to the library today to get one, and it turns out that i really, really didn't.<br/><br/>i also discovered that john grisham is a jackass, and stupid, to boot.  check out this quote from page...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30325938">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28791200">
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    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 30 15:00:52 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 05 09:49:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Anyone familiar with Grisham’s legal thrillers knows the formula that works so well for him: In dealing with a crisis, the more or less humble but likeable protagonist gets a good, up-close look at the sordid underbelly of the legal profession and after winning the battle escapes to start a new li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28791200">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28681790">
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    <name><![CDATA[Becky]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Diehard Grisham Fans, Broke lawyers looking for get-rich-quick schemes]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 29 17:58:13 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 09 00:13:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First let me say that I am a big fan of John Grisham. This was the 5th book of his that I've read, and I have 5 more at home waiting for me to read them. I really like his style: fast-paced legal thrillers that keep me on the edge of my seat and flipping pages like a cartoon flip-book. So far, all o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28681790">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[men who aren't deep thinkers]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Someone I am no longer friends with]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 15 14:01:30 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[  The King of Torts is a thriller book, fast paced and full of suprises and twists (similar to The Davici Code). It is about a criminal defense lawyer name Clay Carter who worked at the office of public defense and made little money. He had a big shot lawyer girlfriend, Rebecca, who worked in a more...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6788010">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I totally love this book. I don't know if it is just because i have this &quot;secret&quot; fascination with the law of what but i love it. I love the aspect of seeing someone go from humble beginnings to making it big time and then returning to that humble state. Grisham is just a great writer. I t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48070365">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The King of Torts started out right from page 1 and progressed consistently throughout the first hundred pages. There were a few dull points in the book that made you yawn when reading. The majority of the book is about greedy lawyers spending money. Basically that is what the book is about. The las...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55757930">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[John Grisham’s novels are like gas station sandwiches or county fair reptile trailers: they look interesting and start excitingly enough but by the end you’ve run the gamut of emotions from boredom to outright rage for being robbed of precious time and money, again.<br/><br/>The King of Torts ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68757021">more...</a>]]></body>
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