The Fall of the House of Zeus by Curtis Wilkie

The Fall of the House of Zeus by Curtis Wilkie

"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.

Wilkie, Curtis: - Curtis Wilkie, Oxford, Mississippi, spent most of his career as a national and foreign correspondent for the Boston Globe. After his retirement, he joined the faculty at the University of Mississippi, where he teaches journalism and serves as a fellow at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. He is the author of three earlier books, including The Fall of the House of Zeus.

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ISBN 13	9780307460714
ISBN 10	0307460711
Title	The Fall of the House of Zeus
Author	Curtis Wilkie
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Year published	2011-09-13
Number of pages	432
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