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Another of John Grishams legal/political works with a distinct Southern flavor. Having already lived the life, Grisham churns out his legal thrillers with what seems like effortless ease.

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That said, this time, none of his characters especially touch the readers sympathies. Except perhaps Carl Trudeau, whose financial skills are admirable, and whose ethics, or lack thereof, fail to shock the cynical ethics. Sheila McCarthy seems too holy to be true, too complacent about her position. Ron Fisk and his cardboard wife manage to effectively combine an earnest and almost honest desire to make a change for the better with a very convenient blindness towards the dirty home truths of Rons campaigns.

As with most of Grishams tales, the plot is substantially based on borrowed facts. The novel teaches without preaching, gets its points across without seeming pedantic and without slowing down its plodding pace. The climax seems like a foregone conclusion, even the twist at the end was something the reader had already found herself hoping for.

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