Nibble & Kuhn * * * INSCRIBED by Author * * * (with snapshot of Author at Book Club scene of Signing)

Schmahmann, David

ISBN 10: 0897335929 / ISBN 13: 9780897335928

Published by Academy Chicago Publishers, Chicago, IL, 2009

About this Item

279 pp. NAP. Glossy black faux-leather boards with brilliant gilt lettering on spine; endpapers bright white, while edges are age-toned. Glossy illustrated dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price), with Title lettering in dark brown against a lighter brown background, framed, as if Law Office signage; colorful, full front cover photo-illustration of night scene in downtown of City, with Author name lettering in dark brown against light tan bac--nugatory, at any ratekground at top front cover. 2 3/8" strip down inside rear over along fore-edge, AS IF lightly sunned, but difficult to see how that could have happened (possibly just the dustwrapper design and not sunning at all--nugatory, in any event: Essentially, As New ensemble, appearing as if opened only for Author inscribing and signing in cursive below his printed name on Title page: "to - - - - /With Best Wishes/David Schmahmann". Laid in: Glossy photo-portrait snapshot of ten Book Club ladies and a smiling Author, evidently invited to a Club "Christmas Party" in 2009, identified on back of photo. Seller Inventory # 002954

Bibliographic Details

Title: Nibble & Kuhn * * * INSCRIBED by Author * * ...

Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, Chicago, IL

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Two likeable newcomers learn the ropes of corporate law at Nibble & Kuhn - and fall in love - just as that most proper of Boston's venerable firms comically tries to 'rebrand' itself for the Google era. Pompous and arbitrary, the ruling junta of partners at N&K saddles Derek Dover with a high visibility lawsuit just weeks before trial. The diligent young attorney arranges things so that Maria Parma, his sassy aristocratic girl friend, also gets named to the case. Maria can't keep her hands off Derek...but it's complicated because she's engaged - and has been engaged - to another pedigreed European; it's painful because she will not consummate the relationship yet does nothing to discourage Derek's powerful attraction. As Derek prepares his arguments on behalf of seven young victims of industrial polluters, his anxieties about his career and his torments over Maria's mixed messages only increase. Have his eccentric WASP superiors handed Derek a 'toxic' case to ruin any shot at becoming a partner? How can he get his opponents to settle - the outcome the presiding judge all but demands - unless his unorthodox 'expert witnesses' perform with enough gravitas to match that of the other side with its Harvard Medical School scientist? Ultimately, Derek sets in motion a line of inquiry that spins events entirely out of the control of judge, jury, and any and all attorneys. ""Nibble & Kuhn"" presents a clever, eviscerating critique of lawyering and corporate politics at a self-important 'white shoe' firm, with its two appealing main characters trading repartee as they negotiate law and love.

About the Author:

David Schmahmann was born in Durban, South Africa. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Cornell Law School and has studied in India and Israel and worked in Burma. He practices law in Boston.