ISBN: 0-88739-205-9
114 pp.
Size: 6 x 9
Paperback Original
Price: $13.95
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Legal Fiction
Bob Huffman Jr.
Legal Fiction is a collection of short stories that expose the inner workings of the legal system, which is not a pretty picture. These beautiful vignettes are narrated from various points of view-judges, juries, cops, prosecutors, defendants, and, of course, attorneys. Hypocrisy, cynicism, and corruption weave their way through a variety of tales-jury members caving into pressure, an alcoholic judge, lawyers accused of faking evidence, and more. These tales are carefully crafted with believable characters and subtle irony.
Review: "The way that this potent debut collection tears at the pompous façade that surrounds lawyers and the legal system would be humorous if it weren't so disturbing. In quick, sharp strokes-the 14 stories each run about five to eight pages long-Ohio attorney Huffman details, through spare, unflinching prose, how humans appointed as lawyers, judges and juries manifest the law, all too often with patent self-interest, absentmindedness and prejudice....all [the stories] make piercing, unsettling observations about the American system of justice."
Publisher's Weekly
"Unlike most fiction seen on television or at the movies, the stories in Legal Fiction ring true to the reader with a legal background and also will appeal to attorneys and the general public. Lawyers are portrayed not as cartoonish villains but as people, complete with human frailties and emotions other than avarice."
ForeWord Magazine
Bio: Bob Huffman, an attorney, lives with his wife and two daughters in Ohio. When he isn't busy writing provocative stories, he also enjoys golf, fishing, and hunting.
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