Hatred, Ridicule and Contempt - David Cooper Reviews
Newest Review: ... fashion, the author trying too hard. The dialogue occasionally had a slightly stilted feel to it. Yet before too long, I ... more
... found that I was becoming absorbed in the story. Hatred, Ridicule & Contempt is no British John Grisham, where characters are often running for their lives, but the legal wrangling and office politics created a very effective tension, which had me continuing to turn the pages to find out what happened next. It was a more subtle effect than the events you might find in the pages of a Grisham novel, such as running from the mob, but tense nonetheless.
Once I was drawn into the story, the dry style was no longer a...more
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Hatred, Ridicule & Contempt is the first novel by David Cooper. As a solicitor, it is perhaps unsurprising that he has written a novel about the law, sticking to what he knows. Hatred, Ridicule & Contempt follows Alex Harris, a solicitor who at the start of the novel is made a partner at his firm. Having been passed over the previous year, Harris is pleased to finally have his hard work recognized, yet as the novel goes on he learns more and more of the firm's dark secrets and management style. The main story centres around Harris's case defending a newspaper against libel accusations, which soon turns out to be connected to a much bigger ... Read the complete review
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