2 posts tagged “writing”
Behind the crystal glass doors on a top floor of a skyscraper building in any major city, you are sure to find a top notch law firm. Step inside and you will see a receptionist with a million dollar smile, perfect attire, and every hair in place. Glance a little further and you will find associates, partners, and legal assistants meaningfully walking down the shiny halls. Rarely, though, will you see the powerful chairman. In particular, what you will never see is the anonymous law firm which is what author, Jeremy Blachman so diabolically and humorously leads his readers into in the Anonymous Lawyer: A Novel.
Blachman depicts an almost megalomaniac driven hiring partner at a highly prestigious firm. After 18 years as a practicing lawyer, he begins writing a blog and signing off as the “Anonymous Lawyer.” His own problems begin mounting when opportunities arise for a promotion to chairman, competition between partners becomes nasty, and his blog is discovered.
He describes the law firm culture, the cutthroat nature of life experiences which lawyers must undergo as their socialization process to reach the top. His fiendish attempts to continually have it all reveal a mentality which are both disturbing and oddly funny.
Blachman’s talent keeps his readers in suspense to the very last page. The Anonymous Lawyer will entertain readers while they ponder the fictive and realistic nature of his novel. Anonymous Lawyer’s thoughts are witty, wry, clever, and often call for a recognized outward laugh.
--reviewed by Mona Lisa Safai
BIRTH
In a gilded cage
she resides,
Leave her alone
the bird takes flight
Neglects her past,
hoping to begin
Her life anew,
cherishing breath,
And the skies so blue
Her fragile flight
experiences ecstasy,
Knowing she can now
follow the winds.
--Mona Lisa Safai
