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The Rainmaker
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Overview
The Rainmaker, by John Grisham, is a legal thriller that was first published in 1995 and later made into a film directed by Francis Ford Coppola starring Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, and Claire Danes. This guide refers to the paperback version published by Dell Books in 2003.
Plot Summary
Rudy Baylor is in his last semester of law school at the University of Memphis and preparing for the bar exam. For one of his final classes, Legal Problems of the Elderly, the professor wants his students to gain real-world experience. The professor takes them to the Cyprus Gardens Senior Citizen Center, where Rudy meets a woman named Miss Birdie who wants to rewrite her will and cut her family out of her $20 million estate. Rudy also meets Buddy and Dot Black, whose son Donny Ray is dying of leukemia. The Black’s insurance company refuses to pay, and they want Rudy to sue Great Benefit Life Insurance.
Rudy is broke. Chased by creditors, he gets evicted from his apartment and has to file for bankruptcy. He also loses his position with Brodnax and Speer, the job he was counting on after graduation, and the law firm is taken over by another firm named Unlock all 66 pages of this Study Guide Plus, gain access to 8,900+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
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