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Book Review of The King of Torts

The King of Torts
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The Office of the Public Defender is not known as a training found for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long, and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C every week.

As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe...