Another example of people blaming others for their state in life. Fine, the plight of poor, homeless people is deplorable but don't go blaming rich folks (whoever those are) for that. The book spends so much time blaming the rich (and the govt) for the homeless situation in DC while ignoring the fact that these homeless people, in most cases, brought it upon themselves. For example, a character in the book called Ruby consistently kept relapsing into drug abuse despite all Michael Brock's efforts. However, instead of blaming her, Grisham does not. Besides, if I bust my butt working (no one can deny the fact that even lawyers at Drake & Sweeny work as hard, maybe harder, as every other person), why should I be made to feel guilty about someone who spends every dollar he/she gets on drugs and alcohol? Finally, I think Grisham will do us all a favor if he returns to his law practice instead of turning out books like this.