{"product_id":"the-king-of-torts-9780385339650","title":"The King of Torts","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - A public defender stumbles upon a case that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams--if it doesn't kill him first--in this \"rousing . . . pedal-to-the-metal crowd-pleaser\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs he digs into the background of his client, Clay gets wrapped up in 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Grisham\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous #1 bestsellers, including \u003ci\u003eThe Firm, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Innocent Man, The Whistler, The Boys from Biloxi, \u003c\/i\u003e and many more. His books have been translated into nearly fifty languages. 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. Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and 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. He lives on a farm in central Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"JG Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460166160658,"sku":"9780385339650","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_446e54d0-11e5-4753-a1bc-4c3648b848f1.jpg?v=1772530853","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-king-of-torts-9780385339650","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}