Description - The Fall Of The House Of Zeus by Curtis Wilkie
A fascinating, suspenseful narrative of the rise and fall of billionaire lawyer Dickie Scruggs, a legal legend and Democrat kingpin now in jail for conspiring to bribe a Mississippi state judge.
"Masterful . . . an epic tale of backbiting, shady deal-making, and greed that reads like a John Grisham novel."-The Wall Street Journal
A real-life legal thriller as timeless as a Greek tragedy, tracing the downfallof one of America's most famous lawyers and exposing the dark side of Southern politics-from the author of When Evil Lived in Laurel
Dickie Scruggs wasarguably the most successful plaintiff's lawyer in America.A brother-in-law offormer U.S. Senate majority leaderTrent Lott, Scruggsmade a fortune taking on mass tort lawsuits against Big Tobacco and the asbestos industries. He was hailed by Newsweek as a latter-day Robin Hood and was portrayed in the movie The Insider as a dapper aviator-lawyer. Scruggs's legal triumphs rewarded him lavishly, and his success emboldened both his career maneuvering and his influence in Southern politics-but at a terrible cost, culminating in his spectacularfall, when he was convicted for conspiring to bribe a Mississippi state judge.
Based on extensive interviews, transcripts, and FBI recordings never made public, TheFallof theHouseofZeus uncoversthe Washington legal games and power politics- the swirl of fixed cases, blocked investigations, judicial tampering, and a zealous prosecution that would eventually ensnare not only Scruggs but his own son, Zach, in the midst of their struggle with insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages.
Featuring Trent Lott and Jim Biden, brother of then-Senator Joe Biden, in supporting roles, with cameos by John McCain, Al Gore, and other Washington insiders, Curtis Wilkie's account of this uniquely American tragedyreveals the seedy underbelly of institutional power.
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