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    Nibble & Kuhn: A Novel

    By David Schmahmann

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    A young lawyer in a pretentious law firm loves a girl that he can't have and is forced to try a major case that he can't win, and must do both under the critical scrutiny of senior lawyers who will soon decide whether to promote him to partnership.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicago Review Press
    Release dateNov 1, 2009
    ISBN9780897339582
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    Nibble & Kuhn: A Novel
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    David Schmahmann

    David Schmahmann was born in Durban, South Africa, has studied in India and Israel, and is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Cornell Law School. He has been a partner in a large Boston law firm, has worked in Burma with an affiliate of a Thai law firm, and has published extensively on legal issues, including several relating to law practice in Burma. He is also the author of three previous novels, Empire Settings, (set in part in South Africa and winner of the John Gardner Book Award for the most outstanding book of fiction published in 2001 by a small or university press ), Nibble & Kuhn (about a pompous Boston law firm), and Ivory from Paradise. David lives with his wife and daughters in Weston, Massachusetts.

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    • 2/5
      This book isn't my usual type of book I normally read. I gave it a chance anyway because I thought the case was interesting. The case being, the wrongful deaths of several children who contracted cancer as a result of a chemical plant nearby and dumping their waste materials into the water. I thought something like this would bring a lot of intrigue and a lot of plotting within a very cut throat law firm.I was completely wrong. It wasn't much like that. It was a quiet drama, with a satirical view of a prominent law firm which seems to be going downhill for several years. I liked the satire, it was under the main character's narration and point of view (Derek Dover) and it was nice to read. You can hear the irony in his narration and how he takes a few jabs here and there about the firm. (With a firm called Nibble and Kuhn there's bound to be a lot of jokes with that name). The way the story was written was clear and crisp. Straight to the point most of the time and it seemed like a quick read. Although it wasn't what I expected it to be, it took me longer than usual to finish this novel because it didn't have the intrigue I wanted it to have or the seriousness. (Perhaps I watch too much Law and Order)As I progressed through the book more, I found myself really disliking Maria and Derek. For two grown up laywers, they act and behave like silly children. Maria, because with her personality, she had the backbone and the guts to tell her parents she's in love with Derek, instead she sucks it in and continues being with her fiance - yet persists being with Derek. Derek could have just let her go with her fiance but that's just too hard now is it? I felt myself rolling my eyes as more than half of the book was about their relationship, how they're trying to conceal it from the firm (why? I don't know..is it taboo to date within the law firm?) I saw these two grown adults just act like pathetic kids and I found myself having to force myself to read through it and wishing there was more about the case than about stupid Maria and Derek's relationship. To my disappointment, you don't read much about the case in great detail until way at the end, and even then it felt rushed and lacking. It seems Derek was just too obsessed with Maria to even care and just skipped the details and just talked about the case in about a two or three chapters and that's it. That frustrated me as I picked this book up to read about the case, not about their silly romance and the office politics (which was interesting to read, but it got old fast). The book got boring fast, after a while, Derek's story about the office, and about Maria and less on the case made me want to put the book aside and read other things. I really had to force myself to read the last one hundred pages. Now mind you, if you're into satire, and a "light" read with no heavy trial or heavy drama this might be the book for you. Otherwise, it's really not for me and not my sort of thing. I was really more into the case and nothing but.Overall, I was disappointed and wished it centered around the case and not about Maria and Derek. Pick this up if you want a light courtroom romance drama. Otherwise steer clear of it if you're into heavier stuff like I am.
    • 5/5
      Derek Dover is a partner at the law firm Nibble & Kuhn. Maria Parma is a new associate at the firm and although she is engaged to someone else, they both have feeling for each other. They are both put on a high profile case where seven children are victims of an industrial polluter, just weeks before it goes to trial. The problem is, they have very little evidence to prove their case. And on top of that, they are getting backlash for their "office romance". The characters were very well written and the plot is very different than any other books about lawyers and law firms than I've read. These are not your typical lawers. You can't help but love these two characters all the ridiculousness of the senior members. This is so much more than a book about a trial, it is a book about romance and the chances some people are willing to take to be with who they love. There are some laugh out loud moments in this book as well as some "are you kidding me?" moments. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs a light, easy read.
    • 4/5
      Derek Dover is fast approaching a career crossroad all too familiar to young attorneys and accountants everywhere. In Derek’s particular case, Boston law firm Nibble & Kuhn is considering him for promotion to partner– and, as is usually the case, only three things can happen. He will be made partner; he will not be made partner and will have to resign himself to years of grunt-work for those who do reach that level; or he will be asked to leave the firm. Derek, until recently, believed that his chances of being the one chosen to join the firm’s inner circle were pretty good. But things change, and he is finding out just how quickly that can happen. Derek has mixed emotions about the make-or-break case he suddenly inherits, one in which he is to represent seven young boys who claim to have gotten cancer from the industrial polluter located near their neighborhood swimming hole. He knows the case is inherently weak, and he is astonished at the poor preparation done by the partner who handled the case prior to dumping it in his lap, but he knows that winning the case is vital to the future of Nibble & Kuhn. He also knows that winning this case will almost certainly land him the partnership he wants so badly.And then there is Maria Parma, one of Nibble & Kuhn’s newest and lowest ranking associates, with whom Derek is madly in love. The good news is that Maria is so in love with Derek that she can barely keep her hands off him even in the office. The bad news is that she is engaged to someone she has known all her life and cannot even imagine how she might break off that engagement without devastating the two families."Nibble & Kuhn" is a lighthearted look at a law firm gone mad. Despite the failings of the firm’s overall leadership and the despicable nature of the man at the very top, David Schmahmann finds enough humor in Derek Dover’s situation to make this one fun to read. His story is, of course, absurd. Or is it? Is justice, as dispensed by the American judicial system, really nothing more than a role of the dice? Is it all a matter of which side can place the highest number of gullible jurors in the jury box? O.J. Simpson, anyone?Despite its serious (and disturbing) message, "Nibble & Kuhn" is filled with smile-out-loud moments as Derek and Maria struggle with their own relationship while trying not to look like total incompetents in front of a judge who recognizes the absurdity of the case they are representing in his courtroom. Readers of "Nibble & Kuhn" will care about what happens to Derek and Maria and they will be pleased with the book’s satisfying, if somewhat predictable, ending.Rated at: 4.0
    • 5/5
      Derek is excited because he may become partner at the law firm he works for. He's also very smitten with Maria, a co-worker. The problem is, Maria plans to marry someone else. When Derek is handed a case that he can't possibly win, he begins to panic.This is an entertaining novel that is unlike anything I've read before. Derek is an extremely lovable character whose determination can't be thwarted.
    • 3/5
      David Schmahmann has written an entertaining story of an industrious lawyer, Derek Dover, who gets the "toxic" case of 7 children injured by industrial waste. The law firm, in the mean time, is busy trying to change it's image as well as it's name, in order to be more modern and catchy. Derek asks that his lover, Maria Parma, be assigned to assist him in preparation for the case, which may get him to the position of partner. One of the many problems in their relationship is that Maria is engaged, and not to Derek.Things get pretty wacky as the firm moves to new offices, and some of the situations are laugh out loud funny. (I have worked in some of the same situations) Derek and Maria try to keep their affair a secret, but have trouble being subtle.Problems with the move, problems with witnesses, and problems with romance, all blend to make a pretty good story.The characters were likable, and the humor was biting, and though the ending was a little familiar, I enjoyed the story.