Bad Law: a Novel

By Will Nathan

From Oscar Wilde to Thomas Wolfe to Jack Kerouac the roman clef has been a sturdy literary tradition. In Bad Law, Will Nathan takes the genre to new territory in his second novel populated by the thinly-veiled icons of the local Bar and judiciary. With a cast of characters to rival War and Peace, Nathan runs the gamut from delicious lampoon to brutal assault, as he mercilessly sketches many of the characters he has encountered in several decades of white-shoe business law and civil litigation. The central character, a towering sociopath who personifies the late-millennial Gold Rush mentality that took hold at one of the City's oldest and best-established firms, leading to its downfall, is presented in a relentlessly scathing portrait of hubris run amok.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451572190
• ISBN13: 9781451572193
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"