The Street Lawyer

[The Street Lawyer ]
Year: 
1998
Type: 
Public: 
Publisher: 
Anchor
Year of publication: 
2005
Pages: 
384
Moral assessment: 
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality: 
Recommendable: 
Transmits values: 
Sexual content: 
Violent content: 
Vulgar or obscene language: 
Ideas that contradict Church teaching: 
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators

The author surprises us again with an excellent suspense story with a judicial atmosphere. Michael Brock, the protagonist, is a young lawyer who is obsessed with working harder to climb the ladder in his firm, become a partner and become a millionaire. The law firm where he spends more than 50 hours a week is Drake & Sweeney, one of the most prestigious in the United States, based in Washington, D.C., a luxurious law firm. 

One day a homeless man appears and takes 9 lawyers prisoner hostage and asks each of them how much they earn and how much money they have given to the poor. For Michael this event is a turning point in his life: his transformation process begins as his social conscience awakens and he enters the terrible world of the homeless, where misery, drug addiction, all kinds of addictions and inhuman conditions abound. He discovers a dark secret involving his big company and decides to act. 

The plot is social injustice, discrimination and corruption. It is an agile novel, which invites personal reflection, easy to read, pleasant, with moments of strong drama. It has less action than other works of the author. It is interesting and provides insight into the world of the homeless. It is a highly recommended bestseller.

Author: Marcela Navarro Hernández , Mexico
Update on: Aug 2023