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    The Litigators

    Written by John Grisham

    Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris

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    About this audiobook

    The partners at Finley & Figg-all two of them-often refer to themselves as "a boutique law firm." Boutique, as in chic, selective, and prosperous. They are, of course, none of these things. What they are is a two-bit operation always in search of their big break, ambulance chasers who've been in the trenches much too long making way too little. Their specialties, so to speak, are quickie divorces and DUIs, with the occasional jackpot of an actual car wreck thrown in. After twenty plus years together, Oscar Finley and Wally Figg bicker like an old married couple but somehow continue to scratch out a half-decent living from their seedy bungalow offices in southwest Chicago.

    And then change comes their way. More accurately, it stumbles in. David Zinc, a young but already burned-out attorney, walks away from his fast-track career at a fancy downtown firm, goes on a serious bender, and finds himself literally at the doorstep of our boutique firm. Once David sobers up and comes to grips with the fact that he's suddenly unemployed, any job-even one with Finley & Figg-looks okay to him.

    With their new associate on board, F&F is ready to tackle a really big case, a case that could make the partners rich without requiring them to actually practice much law. An extremely popular drug, Krayoxx, the number one cholesterol reducer for the dangerously overweight, produced by Varrick Labs, a giant pharmaceutical company with annual sales of $25 billion, has recently come under fire after several patients taking it have suffered heart attacks. Wally smells money.

    A little online research confirms Wally's suspicions-a huge plaintiffs' firm in Florida is putting together a class action suit against Varrick. All Finley & Figg has to do is find a handful of people who have had heart attacks while taking Krayoxx, convince them to become clients, join the class action, and ride along to fame and fortune. With any luck, they won't even have to enter a courtroom!

    It almost seems too good to be true.

    And it is.

    The Litigators     is a tremendously entertaining romp, filled with the kind of courtroom strategies, theatrics, and suspense that have made John Grisham America's favorite storyteller.


    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateOct 25, 2011
    ISBN9780307943187
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    • 3/5
      Entertaining... Much more humorous than other Grisham novels I've read... A refreshing take on the 'legal thriller' genre, with some truly entertaining characters.
    • 2/5
      Character cliches in stereotypical roles; corporate vs boutique firm; pharmaceutical greed; culminate in closing arguments and predictable ending.
    • 4/5
      t's a very slow paced novel but definitely a must read book.David Zinc who works for a big law firm got far too tired and burned out becoz of his tight working schedule.One day, he goes to a bar and gets himself drunk for the whole day without telling anyone which includes his wife.Then sees an ad about a boutique law firm run by two partners Oscar & Wally. In a very drunken tone tells the two partners about his interests in working there.At first they didn't believe him.The story plot gears up from there.Overall, the story plot is very well knitted.
    • 4/5
      Writing and plot-wise, this probably only deserved three stars -- it was perfectly enjoyable, but nothing terribly impressive. However, the big case is a class action lawsuit against a big pharmaceutical company for a drug named Krayoxx that allegedly causes heart attacks. Since I just wrapped up a case where we represented a big pharmaceutical company in a lawsuit alleging that there were undisclosed cardiovascular risks to a drug that also ended in "oxx," I found myself unduly fascinated by the subject matter.

      It also helped that the opening chapter involves a lawyer at a Biglaw firm suddenly and dramatically deciding that enough is enough... his exit may play into my work-related fantasies for years to come.
    • 4/5
      9.8.2018 A five year veteran of corporate giant law firm one day has an awakening, de-combusts, and then walks into the other side of . . .everything. Funny, sad, scary, compelling and oh so Grisham.
    • 3/5
      This hilarious law firm must be based on the circus nuts I worked for during law school! No wonder I walked away (ran) from practice! The boutique firm in Grisham's novel will crack you up, however, and engage you with federal courtroom procedure, as well as some personal drama on the side. Though the hero is one to root for, the hijinx of the partners is dry and cliche at times. The ending is satisfying, and I'd recommend it for a car ride or light beach reading.
    • 3/5
      It took me a while to get into this book. Grisham's plots never go quite how I expect. I expected the trial about CrayOx, but even when all the big law firms pulled out and left Finley & Figg to try the case on their own because the drug wasn't causing the problems they'd thought, I still expected some big, last-minute revelation that would turn the case around and win it for them. Instead, the win came from David Zinc pursuing a product liability case he'd found on his own. Lead paint in a children's toy called Nasty Teeth that had poisoned a young boy who is the grandson of a housekeeper. David turns the experience he gets in federal court and the success of settling the Nasty teeth case into his new specialty. I sort of expected David to buy out Finley and stay on at the law firm--all 3 did form a partnership for a year, so it did happen as I expected in a way, just not in the exact way that I thought it would.
    • 4/5
      Let me start by saying I have a little bias in favor of this book, as it takes place here in Chicago, where I am familiar with the setting. This legal story is about a couple of sorry ambulance-chaser lawyers, Findlay and Figg, who stumble upon a growing mass-tort lawsuit against a major drug manufacturer for a cholesterol product that might cause heart failure. Neither have experience in this area, but encouraged by larger firms to get more clients on board, they spend money they don't have trying to mount a case. Meanwhile, a young disgruntled corporate lawyer with a Harvard Law pedigree stumbles into their office after being fed up with the corporate world. Bright he may be, David has no experience either.A typical David vs. Goliath scenario is shaping up, right? The drug company looks at the array of lawsuits and picks one to defend rigorously. And they pick, you guessed it, the case being raised by the equivalent of the Keystone cops. Although much of the story seems implausible, Grisham at least doesn't insult us with unrealistic outcomes. The judges portrayed in the book don't seem quite right -- rather overindulgent, but all in all an entertaining story, and the story ends more less on a happy note.
    • 4/5
      Another highly entertaining legal thriller from John Grisholm.
    • 2/5


      A weak story, not even close to his other work
    • 2/5
      Found this to be too predictable with trite characters.
    • 4/5
      This book was surprisingly light and humorous! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
    • 3/5
      I wouldnt recommend this as one of Grisham's best novels. It started off with great promise, but towards the end there was far too much legal speak, about the ins and out of the trial, consequently it moved very slowly. I think the epilogue summed up the second half of the book. Very disappointing.
    • 3/5
      Disappointed in the ending.
    • 3/5
      Typical Grisham writing. Easy to read. Somewhat entertaining. Somewhat believable.
    • 5/5
      Excellent, loved it
    • 4/5
      I feel that it is only fair to admit upfront that I am a huge fan of Grisham's books and have read the vast majority of his books, legal or otherwise.Now I have got to admit that when I initially started this book I honestly felt that it was going to be a disappointment, it just seemed like a rehash from some of his earlier novels. Overworked but well paid, under-sexed lawyer= The Firm, chasing ambulances, personal injury and divorce cases = Street Lawyer, mass liability case = King of Torts. However right from the start there was a sense of humour that was missing from all the above and this became more and more apparant as the book progressed.The book showed the seedier side of the American legal profession as the little guy battled the giant corporation but I actually felt rather sorry for all the participants other than the Tort lawyers. Wally and Oscar had their problems but were basically pretty nice guys, the drugs company were protecting a safe product for seriously over-weight people, the toy company were trying to do the right thing and even Nadine Karros was only doing the job that she was handsomely paid to do but eventually stopped short of doing a real hatchet job.Now while the general plot was pretty unbelievable, not in your wildest dreams, and the ending was fairly predictable, if you are, like me, a fan of Grisham's work then this is one of his better ones. If you are a novice to his works, then this book is not a bad place to start
    • 4/5
      Classic grisham, little more needs to be said really. Small town lawyer goes up against the big guns, wins some loses some. Family and human relationships remain important, and the effect of work pressures on the lives around them is always one of his key themes. The drama is all added from the court scenes, where lawyers remain scrupulously polite, but naturally seek the fullest advantage that their resources can give them. The same negatives that appear in his other work can also be found here of course. It remains a testament to old white men, and while Grisham tries hard to include a diverse range of characters they never come to life and never really feel believable. Enjoyable read, if you've never read any Grisham, this is as good a place to start as ever. It's not classic literature, and it's never pretended to be, but worht thinking about all the same.
    • 2/5
      I did not finish this book; it was just too boring.
    • 3/5
      This my first Grisham Novel to read. It was a good book, but not a great one. It is a fairly straightforward legal tale following an attorney who leaves a large, prestigious legal firm because he is tired of the 80 hour work week. By chance he settles into boutique practice run by two street lawyers with questionable ethics. It all works out in the end. Pretty slow read for first half, mildly suspenceful in the second half.
    • 5/5
      Typically GREAT!
    • 5/5
      Really enjoyed the story. Well written and kept me engaged listening for more.
    • 4/5
      The classic battle between good and evil -- Grisham does this so well with his good-hearted, idealistic, usually completely broke young lawyers taking on big, bad law firms and evil corporations (both of whom always have very deep pockets) and winning against all odds. It may be unrealistic and formulaic but, after all, one of the reasons I read novels is to escape the real world for a while. I found The Litigators to be a quite satisfying read.
    • 5/5
      An absolutely fabulous read. A great storyline that features David Zinc who begins the book in a very high powered legal firm and very soon moves from them into a small partnership where we see them take on a big pharmaceutical company with disastrous results. However with David's tenacity the small legal partnership move on to a more appropriate legal route. A pleasure to read and I am surprise there isn't, as far as I am aware, a sequel.
    • 4/5
      An entertaining and at times humorous book.
    • 5/5
      Typical John Grisham. Couldn't put it down.
    • 4/5
      This was not the greatest novel ever written or even Greshem's greatest novel but it was a really pleasant read. Two ambulance chasing lawyers are joined by a refugee from a soul sucking large firm to fight legal battles - some they win, some they lose.
    • 4/5
      Crazy story. Crazy characters. And, a perfectly decent ending.
    • 5/5
      The Litigators is a bit different in tone to the usual Grisham book, however that is in no way a bad thing, in fact I quite enjoyed the lighter moments within this book.It's the kind of book that once you begin, you have a hard time putting it down, whilst for a few moments I was worried there might be some rehashing of plot lines from King of Torts that thankfully was not the case beyond some vague similarities due to one of the topics at hand, tort litigation. However here it was more about the maneuverings of the small struggling law firm than the rampant greed we saw in King of Torts.Overall, it was a gripping read that had be glued to the book to the extent that I finished it in a day. Would recommend for those who enjoy legal thrillers.
    • 4/5
      Oh.. how long until the next John Grisham?? I loved The Confession and I loved this book!