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May it Please the Court: Stories and Poems
May it Please the Court Stories and Poems Author:Paul Homer Based in part on actual experiences as a lawyer, a World War II scout in a reconnaissance battalion, a young and hopeful but hapless romantic and as a self-taught scientist immersed in a strange war against implacable enemies, the stories and venues are as alive and diverse as the characters that people them. Among the ?law stories? are those o... more »f a young lawyer caught up in a scheme devised by his then only client?his immigrant family; his defense in two trials of a neighbor who buried a car in her front yard as a ?peace park? in asserting her right to free speech and the furious community reaction it ignited; his unwitting role as a sacrificial pawn in a game of international chess played out in Franco?s Spain; his defense of a man alleged to have murdered his opponent during a game of Scrabble; the closing of a bank in Haiti during the murderous reign of ?Papa Doc? Duvalier and its tragic consequence. Other stories teach you how to train your dog to fetch; how innocence conquers all in young love; and a ferocious war fought out on a kitchen counter. And interspersed among these stories are some of the author?s new poems illustrating his belief that whether story or poem, the core of good writing is good narrative.« less