from the writer of the darkly comedic film falling down comes the novel pro bono, the story of adrien, a professional assassin and amateur chef who, in order to overcome a career-crippling crisis of conscience, volunteers to kill a few deserving souls free of charge. the client, charles, formerly a take-life-by-the-balls thrill-seeker, is now a wheelchair-bound quadriplegic determined to take revenge against the three men he holds responsible for making him the man he is today. the targets: the driver of the hummer who, while texting, crashed head-on into charles' hybrid; the doctor who failed to notice the hairline fracture in his vertebrae during a rushed post-accident exam, and the insurance company executive who found the loophole to deny his claim. the unlikely pair pursue their quarry in a custom winnebago along with jeanette, a nurse-practitioner with a past, spike, an intellectually challenged, muscle-bound driver, and a hunting dog that adrien is re-training as a service animal - a canine metaphor for the master who is himself questioning his purpose in life. sharing some comedically-violent dna with mr. smith's iconic film, which starred michael douglas as an unemployed defense worker on a one-man rampage against the multi-cultural annoyances of 1990's los angeles, pro bono is as outrageously funny as it is soulfully thought-provoking.