Wilkes on Trial

By Charles Sevilla

Book Overview

"[A] marvelously crafted tale of life, lust and ludicrousness that embodies every known lawyer joke....There are pllenty of murder suspects and twists of fate in WILKES to keep you guessing. And there is plenty of tongue-in-cheek, downright fun in this fiction to keep even a courtroom neophyte chuckling." THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE As usual John Wilkes takes on an impossible case: the victim is pretty, blind, and white, and the accused is anything but. On top of that he's the longtime leader of a notorious gang. Unfortunately, Wilkes feels he's more likely to get justice from the former KGB than from Judge Y. Knott and his reputable chamber of horrors. The hatred and contempt between the two is vocal from the start. But Judge Knott won't be getting the last word: he's soon found slumped over his desk with a knife in his back. And Wilkes is the prime suspect from a drunken night he can barely remember....

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345386752
• ISBN13: 9780345386755
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The second finest book ever written about the law.

Both this book and Mr. Sevilla's first work, "Wilkes: His Life and Crimes," are two of the best books I've ever read about lawyers and judges. They're very funny and -- I regret to say -- very truthful accounts of the way our legal system actually works. Get it. Read it. Enjoy it