Personal Injuries

Personal Injuries

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author = Scott Turow
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Legal thriller, Crime novel
publisher = Farrar Straus & Giroux
release_date = 1999
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 403 (hardback)
isbn = 03-7428-194-7
preceded_by = "The Laws of Our Fathers"
followed_by = "Reversible Errors"

Personal Injuries is a novel by Scott Turow which was published in 1999. Like all of Turow's novels, it takes place in fictional Kindle County and many of the characters are recognized from other Turow novels.

Plot

In "Personal Injuries", Turow continues to explore the justice system through Faulknerian characters such as attorney Robbie Feaver, agent Evon Miller, U.S. Attorney Stan Sennett, and Justice Brendan Tuohey. These individuals drive the mystery at the core of the book.The novel begins with Robbie Feaver seeking advice from attorney George Mason, the narrator. Feaver admits that he has been bribing several judges in the Common Law Claims Division to win favorable judgments for years. U.S. Attorney Stan Sennett has uncovered Feaver's secret and wants Feaver to strike a deal to get at the man he believes to be at the center of all the legal corruption in the metropolitan area, Brendan Tuohey, Presiding Judge of Common Law Claims and heir apparent to the Chief Justice of Kindle County Superior Court. An undercover scheme is put in motion to trap the guilty parties. The novel follows the FBI as it pursues the legal community of Kindle County in a web of tapped phones, concealed cameras, and wired spies.

Awards

*Time Magazine named "Personal Injuries" as the Best Fiction Novel of 1999.


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