''Personal Injuries'' is a novel by

Scott Turow Scott Frederick Turow (born April 12, 1949) is an American author and lawyer. Turow has written 13 fiction and three nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. Turow’s novel ...

which was published in 1999. Like all of Turow's novels (bar his

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), it takes place in fictional

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and many of the characters are recognized from other Turow novels.

Plot

The novel begins with Robbie Feaver seeking advice from attorney George Mason, the narrator. Feaver admits that he has been bribing several judges in the Common Law Claims Division to win favorable judgments for years. U.S. Attorney Stan Sennett has uncovered Feaver's secret and wants Feaver to strike a deal to get at the man he believes to be at the center of all the legal corruption in the metropolitan area, Brendan Tuohey, the Presiding Judge of Common Law Claims and heir apparent to the Chief Justice of Kindle County Superior Court. An undercover scheme is put in motion to trap the guilty parties. The novel follows the

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as it pursues the legal community of

in a web of tapped phones, concealed cameras, and wired spies.

Awards

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'' named ''Personal Injuries'' as the Best Fiction Novel of 1999. Kindle County 1999 American novels Novels by Scott Turow Farrar, Straus and Giroux books {{1990s-thriller-novel-stub