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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This review was written for LibraryThing Member Giveaways. I received this book from Library Thing to read and review. This is a very funny book about a lawyer whose life is falling apart. Daniel Tate works for celebrity clients. Suddenly His soap opera star girlfriend dumps him, a contest for promotion turns into a feud, and his most important client super star gets into a legal mess that even Daniel may not be able to untangle. The author has transformed a heady subject into a madcap romp. The book reads well and quickly as the reader is presented with numerous incredibly funny situations. This is definitely not a book to be taken or read seriously. The spoof on Daniel’s life, or that of any celebrity lawyer, is well developed and well written. If you are looking for something light to read but something that still has some story to it and not just a mindless time-passer, try this book. what a ride..reminded me of an episode in my youth when i stalked my ex and new girlfriend. so sad! the way you cant think straight and are fixated on it. I kept reading to see how Daniel got out of it. nice ending! so real! Mind you i have no experience of the way media and celebrities behave but i think for sure you were spot on. carmenmaranda no reviews | add a review
Danie Tate seems to have it all - a career as a showbiz lawyer, a high-profile court case, tons of money and a beautiful actress girlfriend. But things are about to take a turn for the worse. No library descriptions found. |
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I was going to quit reading after the first twenty five, then the first fifty pages. I decided to read the reviews and several of them said that the last part of the book was much better. I persisted and do agree with them. There were a couple interesting twists near the end.
Mark Dawson presents a very readable story, well-written and with some characters I actually cared about. He writes about the problems working with entertainers and how some groups are formed noting “What was subversive in the eighties is conventional today.” He describes one character as “a giantess who looks like Grace Jones in negative.” Later on he describes the snow: “...haze in the air, fat flakes I watched gathering in the crooks of buildings and then overflowing, spilling out onto pavements and roofs until everywhere was white.” Other examples I like, “The salt leaves a tide-mark of scurf on the uppers of my shoes” and, describing the weekly staff meeting: “We call this blamestorming.” and “Pain is all I have left of my relationship. I don’t want to share it with anyone else.”
However, I found much of the book unrealistic. The firm expects its lawyers to produce ten billable hours daily. One of the partners demands that Daniel research and write summaries for additional cases (due within 48 hours) while he is in court for his current case. With all of his drinking and drug use, I don’t understand how he can accomplish anything.
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