Rogue lawyer by John Grisham

"Rogue lawyer" by John Grisham. This book is published by Hodder & Stoughton in Oct 2015 and has 480 pages. 

Sebastian Rudd, an unconventional defense lawyer operates out of his car. He uses less than conventional means to fight his cases and his clientele include innocent to petty criminals to cage fighters to shady characters to mafia dons and so on.

This book is a collection of various cases handled by Rudd, his personal life and his fights with his divorced wife over their son.

Some of the cases are: Gardy who has a very low IQ and is accused of murder of two girls, Tadeo, a cage fighter, who in a fit of rage has inadvertently killed the referee, Link Scanlon, a mobster, who is on a death row for killing a judge. An old man accused of firing on police during home invasion by SWAT team, a crook who has kidnapped and sold young daughter of assistant Chief of police etc. In addition to that there is kidnapping of his son,  spats with his divorced wife for their son and his love life etc. He even goes to jail for contempt of court.

Rogue, here, means one who challenges the system, uses unconventional means and is controversial. He uses less than conventional, less than legal and sometimes less than moral means to fight his cases. He is not afraid of bargaining with the judicial system and cutting deals.

Sebastian is a lovable, though controversial, character. In all the under hands tactics he employs, there is a steak of a good human being.

The book is a mishmash of stories strung together in a garland by the thread called Sebastian Rudd. Although you don't get bored while reading the book, at the end of it you wonder what it was? and what did I take away? and the answer is 'Nothing'. What was the purpose of this novel?

The end of book is also abrupt and leaves the reader clueless as to why it ended where it ended.

Read it if you have time otherwise give it a miss.