The Associate (2009) by John Grisham book review...followed by a few hellos. I did splice in a few more hellos near the end & you’ll see the picture quality change a little (and I'm a little more tired). Rough synopsis: Kyle McAvoy is about to graduate Yale Law School with a bright future. However Some men approach Kyle and reveal a compromising video, from a Frat party gone wild, they'll use to ruin him — unless he does exactly what they say. They push Kyle to accept something any ambitious young lawyer would kill for: a job in Manhattan as an associate at the world's largest law firm. If Kyle accepts, he'll be on the fast track to partnership and a fortune. But there's a catch. Kyle won't be working for the firm but against the firm in a dispute between two powerful defense contractor cases worth billions. Kyle is blackmailed to extract client information and work as a dual agent that could cost him his life. (Great, cleverly crafted novel by Grisham...though a bit of an open ending doesn't satisfy on some levels)