Personal Injuries

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Personal Injuries
LC Class
PS3570.U754 P47 1999b
Preceded byThe Laws of Our Fathers 
Followed byReversible Errors 

Personal Injuries is a novel by the American author

Kindle County
and many of the characters are recognized from other Turow novels.

Plot

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, the 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

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.

References

  1. ^ Nolan, Tom (October 10, 1999). "The Sting". Book Review. Los Angeles Times. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Books: Personal Injuries by Scott Turow". The Guardian. November 13, 1999. p. 10:5.