Paperback, 469 pages
Spanish language
Published Oct. 30, 2011 by Random House Mondadori, S.A..
La política siempre ha sido un juego sucio. Ahora la justicia también lo es. Corrupción política, desastre ecológico, demandas judiciales millonarias y una poderosa empresa química, condenada por contaminar el agua de la ciudad y provocar un aumento de casos de cáncer, que no está dispuesta a cerrar sus instalaciones bajo ningún concepto. Grisham, el gran mago del suspense, urde una intriga poderosa e hipnótica, en la que se reflejan algunas de las principales lacras que azotan a la sociedad actual: la justicia puede ser más sucia que los crímenes que pretende castigar. Un libro indispensable para todos los aficionados al thriller legal.
Very annoying to read and I abandoned it 10% into the book. I guess some suspense happens later in the book, but I didn't care at all for the good guys and I despised the bad guys. I just read the plot summary on Wikipedia and skipped the rest.
Generally entertaining and diverting. Took a while to get into the plot of the story, particularly given the rather large number of characters within the three spheres of the story.
Some of the plot seemed a bit on-the-nose in the opening act, but things picked up in the second act with a rather dull and blunted third act which culminated in a modern-day version of a passion play.
Sadly, the end would have played better for me had there not been a note by Grisham at the end pontificating on his point in writing the book. The ending spoke for itself an artistic standpoint (though I read it for the entertainment and not for an artistic statement) and would have been better had I not read his note at the end.
непогано, але і нема чим надміру захоплюватися. «алея сикоморів» сподобалася мені значно більше приміром.
