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Top 10 Dodgy Lawyers in Literature

Description: Some legal eagles are less Atticus Finch and more Dr Gonzo – and many of literature’s most memorable lawyers are as morally compromised as the rest of humanity. Here are 10 of the best. by Alex Wade in The Guardian (7 September 2016).

Rank Title Author Added

1

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

14,377 members

192 reviews

4

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2

19,928 members

237 reviews

4

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3

Billy Budd, Sailor

by Herman Melville

2,628 members

53 reviews

½ 3.3

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4

by Jorge Luis Borges

5 members

3

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5

by Charles Dickens

13,709 members

248 reviews

4.2

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6

Travels in the Scriptorium

2,052 members

67 reviews

3.2

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7

by Gustave Flaubert

26,266 members

389 reviews

½ 3.7

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8

5,208 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

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9

A Naked Singularity

by Sergio De La Pava

528 members

23 reviews

4

Member: geocroc

10

The Day of Judgment

by Salvatore Satta

257 members

7 reviews

4.1

Member: geocroc

About This List

Started: geocroc
September 2016
Type: Numbered, Adding restricted
Limit: 10 books

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