Oh fabulous, I just got the Broker, and did not know it was about Bologna, my Italian teacher is from Bologna, so I can fill in the considerable blanks in my own understanding as I've also never been there.
Haven't read John Grisham's King of Torts. Though from the review it sounds rather "preachy." Did you find it that way, Ginny?
Really? I'm half way thru so maybe the preaching will come at the end. I can say I'm appalled at the excesses of these Tort lawyers, (have you taken XXX drug and had side effects? Call us!) and their Gulfstreams, and lifestyles: it's absolutely unreal. Perhaps it may be some of the reasons for our expensive medical care system also. And of course it's got Big Pharma in it. Perhaps that's the preachy, the lawyers are appalling. When I finish it I'll let you know, right now it's a roller coaster of something I did not know existed, it's like human vultures. And it's fascinating, I can't help worrying about our hero/ protagonist in the book, I have a bad feeling about the company he's suddenly keeping.