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020			_a0-385-50804-2
082	1		_aFIC GRI _2
100	1		_aGrisham, John _d(1955-)
245	1	4	_aThe King of torts _c/ John Grisham
260			_aNew York _b: Doubleday _c, c2003.
300			_a376 p. _c; 24 cm.
520	3		_aThe 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. 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 - that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's newest king of torts...
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aPublic defenders _v--Fiction
650		4	_aPharmaceutical industry _x-Fiction
655		4	_aLegal stories
655		4	_aSuspense fiction
942			_cMO
999			_c227779 _d227779