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Plot Summary of Personal Injuries
" Robbie Feaver is a Personal Injuries lawyer of dubious practrices and a remarkable ability of justifying his actions to himself. When the IRS and FBI come knocking on his door about an illegal bank account that was traced as a source of the payoffs they think go to a ring of coruppt judges headed by one Brendan Tuhoey, who apart from being a dangerous and cunning man is also Feaver's relative of sorts. The FBI offer Feaver immunity if he would wear a wire and participate in an elaborate sting operation. What follows is a byzantine web of deception, betrayel and unexpected revelations. Personal Injuries is infinitly helped by the author's thorough knowledge of the law which gives it the feeling of a documentary. What we have here is the anti-Grisham,a land without heroes, but desperate men who want to but are not always able to do the right thing. "
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Review Analysis of Personal Injuries
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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Somewhat obvious
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller Yes
Legal Plotlets - fighting judge/jury tampering - story of crooked lawyer

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - none
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot
Motive of antagonist - power

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 2
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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Scott Turow Resident Scholar Profiles

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