Anonymous Lawyer
Jeremy Blachman

Description

Bad day at the office? Had a run in with your boss? Buy this book. It’ll cheer you up no end because at least you don’t work for this guy!  The anonymous lawyer is a recruitment partner at a U.S. law firm, and “PC” or “model employer” he is not. He doesn’t like you taking sweets from the jar on his secretary’s desk, he thinks blackberries mean instant replies can be expected 24 hours a day, and he won’t even try to remember your name - to him you’re just “The One who Can’t Apply Make-up Properly” or “The One Who’s Never Getting Married”. 

How’s this for his reaction to a fellow partner bringing his dog to the office “Someone gave the dog a piece of his muffin from the attorney lounge. The muffins aren’t for dogs. We don’t even let the paralegals have the muffins. The muffins are for client-billing attorneys. They’re purely sustenance to keep the lawyers from having to leave the office for breakfast”.

The book follows Anonymous Lawyer’s no-holds-barred blog as he battles with rival partner “The Jerk”, tries to control the voracious spending of “Anonymous Wife” and begins to panic as someone within the firm seems to be on to him and his anonymity is jeopardised.

Admittedly a predictable recommendation for a bookshop run by ex-lawyers, but highly entertaining reading for all office dwellers nevertheless.

Paperback - Vintage - 2007

Price: £7.99

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