The Rooster Bar

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Ari Fliakos

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pull up a stool, grab a cold one, and get ready to spend some time with this “buoyant, mischievous thriller” (Janet Maslin, The New York Times).

Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. 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 specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam.

But maybe there's a way out. Maybe there’s a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. But to do so, they would first have to quit school. And leaving law school a few short months before graduation would be completely crazy, right? Well, yes and no . . .

Critic reviews

“[A] buoyant, mischievous thriller . . . Grisham writes in such an inventive spirit. . . . A treat.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“Satisfying . . . Grisham [is] at his best when he brings his sardonic sense of humor to the sometimes questionable ethics of law and banking.”—USA Today

“[A] smartly told tale . . . gratifying and all-too-real.”—The Washington Post

another great one John

I couldn't stop reading, finished the first day. Not able to figure it early. exciting

Real Life Issues

The storyline was a bit slow in the beginning but became a cliffhanger as the story progressed. I was pleased with the ending.

Legal thriller

You can't read this without thoughts of how it could really happen. Law Schools claiming false hope that graduates would get great high paying jobs after graduation. Student loans ripping off students, charging large interest rates that just keep growing. It all seemed very plausible. John Grisham never fails to make his stories seem very real.

Entertaining

John Grisham never lets me down.
when I want a good story to keep me engaged while sitting in LA traffic, I know I can rely on a Grisham novel. Rooster Bar is no exception.

Good one

Finally a food work by Grisham after several weaker ones. Page turner, really thrilling and interesting to read.