Beneath the cherry tree
By: a novel by David Bates
Publisher: Polygraphia
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781877332715
Subjects: Gay men; Fiction; Criminal law
Description: "Julian Paul is a Wellington barrister with a gambling problem. Anthony Samuels is a remand prisoner and Julian's client. He faces serious drug charges and is desperate for bail. Julian undertakes to arrange this for an exorbitant fee - by blackmailing a Judge who had a homosexual relationship many years previously. Will Julian succeed? Will he ruin his future and destroy his family in the process? Can same sex relationships be an expression of true love?--Back cover.