He lives a lie, but posts the truth.

He's a hiring partner at one of the worlds largest law firms. Brilliant yet ruthless, he has little patience for associates who leave the office before midnight or steal candy from the bowl on his secretaries desk. He hates holidays and paralegals. And he's just started posting an internet blog to tell the world about what life is really like at the top of his profession. 

I didn't know what to expect when I picked this book up. On the face of it, a story about a lawyer blogging about his life at the office would seem to me to be the among the least appealing subject for a book I could think of.

I am very, very pleased to say that I was totally wrong.

Blachman has managed to put together a hugely entertaining series of bloglike articles and emails to various characters and come up with a book which is as sharp and punchy as boxing glove loaded with pins.

From the very first page, Blachman engages you and draws you into his life. A life where paralegals exist on a slightly higher plane than the average cockroach and associates are treated like a particularly nasty virus.

The story traces a senior partner in a large law firm who is scheming and plotting his way to being the chairman. On the way, he exposes you to what I believe is an legal associates view of the behaviour of senior management of a large firm.

It may not be accurate, but it is very, very funny. And come to think of it, it may not even be all that inaccurate. 

Blachman has turned what could be a very dull subject into a truly riveting one. Anonymous Lawyer is a book I can and will read again. Its a very original take on the life behind blogging and large-firm lawyers.  Read it, its worth it.