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The Faculty Club

Danny Tobey
Atria Books (2010)
ISBN 9781439154298
Reviewed by Narayan Radhakrishnan for RebeccasReads.com (06/2010)


What would happen if Dan Brown and John Grisham decided to collaborate on a thriller? The answer would be “The Faculty Club.” Written by debutant author, lawyer Danny Tobey- this book is one hell of a read and one of the best novels I have read in 2010.

I am a lawyer, and I had graduated from a plebian law school in India. I had often looked in wonder, with fascination and of course with a lot of envy life in law schools like Harvard, Yale and the like.  I had nursed a private grudge with myself- of not being able to attend these prestigious law schools…and books like “The Paper Chase” (John Jay Osborn) and “One L” (Scott Turow) added fuel to my misery. But all that changed after I read “The Faculty Club.” If this really is the sinister world in the dark side of the life at such prestigious legal institutions…boy, am I glad that I didn’t get admission for the same.         

Jeremy Davis is in his first year at a prestigious law school (read as Harvard, Yale or Cambridge). He can’t believe his luck and when he lands a coveted post as that of a research assistant for one of the doyen professors on campus- it seems that Davis’s wildest dreams have come true. But all that changes when he is invited to join a mysterious club, an elite secret society just known as V&D. But membership to this society doesn’t come easily. Jeremy might have to sacrifice the love, career and life of his friends; give up some of the good things in life; and basically become a person who he really is not.  What follows is tense action fare- of the like associated with “Da Vinci Code” and “The Rule of Four”.

I am goanna give this book to my mom to read. At least after she reads this, she will stop grumbling on my “failure” to get into a premier law school to complete my legal education.