NIBBLE & KUHN: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 12580009B30665
English Summary/英文概要： An unraveling law firm. An unwinnable court case. An unworkable love.
Derek Dover has it all.
Derek’s up for partner at Nibble & Kuhn just as that most proper of Boston law firms comically tries to ’rebrand’ itself for the Google era. Pompous and arbitrary, the ruling junta of partners saddles him with a high visibility lawsuit just weeks before trial. The diligent young attorney arranges things so that Maria Parma, a new associate in the firm for whom he’s fallen hard, also gets named to the case. Maria, in turn, can’t keep her hands off Derek, but it’s complicated because she’s engaged to someone else.
As Derek prepares his case on behalf of seven young victims of an industrial polluter, 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 his chances of becoming a partner? How can he get his opponents to settle—an 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? Will Nibble & Kuhn survive the partners’ spectacularly bad business judgment? Does it even matter to Derek, given that his looming fiasco of a trial and his indiscretions with Maria seem set to sink any chance he ever had at partnership?
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.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一个松散的法律商行。一个不可能赢的案子。一段无法长久的恋情。德里克却一一经历着。当德里克正在为Nibble&Kuhn寻求合作伙伴的时候，有许多波士顿的法律商行希望在谷歌时代“改头换面”。那些虚荣、武断的统治政务会成员们在判决之前交给他一个备受瞩目的诉讼案。这位年轻有为的律师对工作十分细致，并深深爱上了新来的伙伴玛丽亚 帕尔马，并指定她参与这场案子。虽然她已经与别人订婚，但是玛里亚却不能对德里坐视不管。
当德里克在为一名7岁的工业污染物受害者备案的时候，他对他事业和对玛丽亚感情的忧虑也与日俱增。他那像黄蜂一样恶毒的上司扔给他的案子是否毁了他成为搭档的机会？他是怎么用他独到的“专家证据”战胜那些毕业于哈佛法学院的专家？Nibble&Kuhn会在对方不公平的裁决中生存下来吗？德里克訇然的失败，他与玛丽亚最终要结束的轻率行为对他有重大影响吗？最终，德里克开始了一系列的质词，让所有的法官，陪审团与其他律师目瞪口呆。(ZSW)
Awards/获奖情况：“David Schmahmann tells a wonderful story and he tells it brilliantly. I expect great success for Nibble & Kuhn, and won’t even be jealous if it arrives. Great book!”---Robert B. Parker “戴维以极其精彩的笔法诉说了一个精彩绝伦的故事。本人认为它将会是一个巨大的成功。我为此心服口服。确实是本好书。”---罗伯特 帕克
About the Author/作者介绍： A native of South Africa, David Schmahmann is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Cornell Law School. His first novel Empire Settings (“unexpected, even unforgettable”—The Washington Post) received the John Gardner Book Award. He practices law in Boston, and lives in Weston, MA. 作为南非的本地人，戴维从达特默思学院和康奈尔法学院毕业。他的第一部小说《帝国背景》（被《华盛顿邮报》称为“精彩绝伦，令人难忘”）赢得了约翰加德纳图书奖。他在波士顿帮人打官司，居住在华盛顿。
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