Most have an honest lawyer as the hero who pits his wits against big business or fat-cat lawyers who are on the side of the bad guys. I've read and listened to many of the author's books. I for one am much happier with this return to familiar ground. This is Grisham on his home turf street lawyers, injustice in US society and some interesting legal procedural shenanigans. Ari Fliakos gives his usual assured performance as the narrator and suits the material well. I worried it might head towards some kind of US Robin Hood style scenario but Grisham blurs the lines between the good and bad guys to a delicious murkiness as the naiveté of the young mavericks leaves a trail of disruption in their wakes.

It's clever writing and displays the author's usual healthy cynicism about the American Dream. The luckless law students entrapped by the loans system embark on some imaginative ways out of the hole that they find themselves in. Grisham once again weaves an entertaining story around legally engineered social injustice within the US. The novel was inspired by an article of investigative journalism about student lending in the US. Like many I was pretty disappointed with Grisham's previous release, Camino Island but Rooster Bar sees him returning to more familiar legal territory and things improve markedly as a result. I cannot comment on just how 'enhanced' the audio is but the original seemed fine to me. NB This review is from the original 20th October release which was withdrawn by Audible in favour of a newer version with enhanced audio. Ingenious, immersive and page-turning, The Rooster Bar is a John Grisham legal thriller bar none. But to do so, they have to leave law school, pretend they are qualified and go into battle with a billionaire and the FBI.

Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process.

And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specialising in student loans, the three realise they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam. They all borrowed heavily to attend a law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. As third-year students, they realise they have been duped. But these days these three disillusioned friends spend a lot of time hanging out in The Rooster Bar, the place where Todd serves drinks. John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist.Law students Mark, Todd and Zola wanted to change the world - to make it a better place.

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