{"product_id":"the-best-people-marc-grossberg-9781626346550","title":"The Best People: A Tale of Trials and Errors","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaddy Moran, a former cop from Brooklyn, is a newly licensed attorney in Houston with dreams and aspirations to make it big. He survives early rough bumps and ethical challenges. Then, through networking, he lands two high-profile clients. With his brash moxie and brilliant legal strategy, he gets outstanding outcomes that put him on the success trajectory to the upper echelons of the city's divorce bar. But, faced with difficult choices in high-stakes litigation, will he balance his thirst for recognition and respect with his sense of right and wrong? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e​The Best People \u003c\/i\u003ealso follows Pilar Galt, a sensuous, intelligent single mother from the Houston barrios, for whom a temp assignment evolves into a relationship with the richest man in town. Her path intersects with Paddy's and eventually converges with his during a pivotal time in her life when she must overcome self-destructive tendencies to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A legal drama and social satire set after Enron and before the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, \u003ci\u003eThe Best People \u003c\/i\u003eportrays a Houston as it is: a glitzy meritocracy populated with larger-than-life characters. It is the landscape where the country-club and café-society sets clash amidst clever legal maneuvering, big law firm politics, a Ponzi scheme, and judicial corruption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Grossberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1626346550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626346550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenleaf Book Group Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Marc Grossberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984705421567,"sku":"9781626346550","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6209022b-2794-4039-92fb-368cef5aefb5.jpg?v=1683273788","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-best-people-marc-grossberg-9781626346550","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}