Hold tight as Archie Spencer takes you on a satirical joy-ride through California's criminal justice system. Join in the fun and see how criminal lawyers really get their clients acquitted. Only two other books in Minnesota received Ben Franklin awards, and 1600 publishers nationwide participated. Trevanian is the author of of Incident at Twenty-Mile, The Eiger Sanction, Shibumi, etc. The Register-Guard, Eugene Or .
Satire digs into our criminal injustice system.
In an age of political correctness, lawyers are about the only minority group it's safe to poke fun at any more. But it's more than that. Spencer's satire benefits from the insights he gained in a lifetime of practicing civil law. His main character, Ashley Blackwood, is a caricature of the crafty criminal defense lawyer who will do anything to win. It's an image engraved into the popular culture by such high-profile trials as the O.J. Simpson murder case.