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The Urban Solace Book Lover's Club - August 2022 Edition

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Aug 14 2022 to Aug 14 2022 11:30 a.m.

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Urban Solace

32, Annaswamy Mudaliar Rd, Ulsoor 560042

Event Description

BOOK UNDER REVIEW: The Street Lawyer by John Grisham ENTRY: FREE Day: Sunday Date: 14th August 2022 Time: 11.30 am to 1 pm Venue: Urban Solace, 32, Annaswamy Mudaliar Road, Bangalore 560 042. (Opposite Ulsoor Lake, Next to Tamil Sangam) Telephone: 98450 13055, 99450 22177 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ABOUT THE BOOK: The Street Lawyer by John Grisham Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience. But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging, and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney. The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Ray Grisham Jr. John Ray Grisham Jr. born February 8th, 1955, is an American novelist and lawyer known for his popular legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 47 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling, Grisham is one of only three authors to have sold two million copies on a first printing. Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practiced criminal law for about a decade and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990. 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. ABOUT THE CURATOR: B. Somaskanda Somaskanda was born and brought up in Bangalore. He started off as a finance professional and later moved into legal practice as a lawyer. As a regular at Urban Solace, he has been part of the Book Club for several years.


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