“The King of Torts” by John Grisham

Clay Carter is a public protector doing boring, low-paid, through which every beginning lawyer is to go through. Carter has been there for excessively long, and this job does not bode boththing to Carter up to the point, when he takes up the berth of Tequila Watson, a 20-year-old youth who has committed a murder seemingly without any reasons Up to the point, when Carter realizes that beneath a hackneyed outcome there is a real case, which is difficult and dangerous, boding a huge amount of money. This case send word become the start of a dazzling legal course if Carter takes the risk and stakes his allThis is the entanglement of the legal suspense thriller The superpower of Torts (2003) by John Grisham. The novel has a fast-pace and dynamic plot, which takes Carter from the mundane property of public defendant to the pecuniary cream of the society. John Grisham, a creator lawyer and now a successful novelist, is known for his penetrating insights into the American legal sy stem, made in his numerous earlier novels like A Time to Kill(1989) and Runaway Jury (1996).This time Grisham takes on the torts, lawyers who take to the woods suits against large corporations in the name of many people, who suffered from the actions or products of this company the lawyer receives a considerable percent from all payouts of all plaintiffs and his payout can be measured in billions. As Clay Carter engages into the case of Tequila Watson, he discovers an spacious conspiracy, where the big pharmaceutical company is involved. Tempted by the mysterious stranger Max, he plunges into tort business and is soon dubbed king of torts for his success.He starts leading a exalted life, living in a luxurious house and driving a black Porsche however, everything has its price. The price of success for Carter is his moral and professional principles, which he thirstily sells in exchange for fame and fortune.In this novel, Grisham makes a grim commentary on the American legal syst em, which has turned into a machine for earning money for attorneys. Apart from the elicit plot, the most seize suspense lies in the attitude of the reader to the protagonist. Carter is evidently degrading, but will the reader find extenuating circumstances to condone him or at least to understand his downfall? This is a question, which you can answer only after turning the last page of this gripping thriller.ReferencesGrisham, J. (2003). The King of Torts. New York Doubleday.