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Justice

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One of the most enjoyable novels I've read. For the pleasure it provides I'd rank it with Dick Francis's best. Set in England in the 1960s, it follows the relationship between three characters: the narrator, solicitor Peter "Tubby" Mortlake; his ambitious friend Jack Webb; and Ann Church, who enchants them both. The plot involves the law and the music business, with a court case that bookends the novel (and that I imagine was at least partly inspired by Gilbert O'Sullivan's battle with his record company.)

There's little subtlety here. If you want probing character study, or moral complexity, look elsewhere. But if you want a story about an unassuming hero standing up for what's right, grab this one. It's clear who the good guys are, and you, or anyway I, have no trouble rooting for them. Peter, the novel's center, is a thoroughly decent and likable man, great company for 500-plus pages. I reread Justice again every few years; that's how much I like it.