Finished Tu 8/27/24
This was a paperback that Janny recently loaned me.
The story of what it's like to be a rookie lawyer when signed to one of the biggest law firms in NYC. All the partners care about is how many hours that can be billed. If a case involves reading millions (literally) of pages of documents, the novice lawyers (they haven't even passed the bar exam) are required to examine every sentence. The early years at a law firm are called 'boot camp'.
The background story is one of the newbies is being blackmailed by a group that wants secrets about an upcoming defense contract involving billions of dollars. The ending was less than satisfying because it's never clear who were the individuals that wanted this information and who they were working for. This seemed like it was the first in a series of novels following these characters, but this is not the case. However, it looks like a movie is in the works.
Link to the book's page at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Associate_(novel)
Everything by Grisham is woth the time and this was a great 'beach or airport' read.
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