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"Power Ties" deals with Yale Law School, the Oracle at Delphi, talking gargoyles, right-wing nymphomaniacs, the Pan-Atomic Canal, recruiting trips to hell, vengeful gods, button suspenders, the Federalist Society, weenie roasts with federal judges, backpack flamethrowers, culture vultures, madmen. . . . Oracles? Talking gargoyles? Recruiting trips to hell? Yale Law graduate T. Bill Andrews has penned a satiric slice of reality layered with an outrageous style, quirky eye for detail, and unabashed willingness to offer unvarnished commentary, taking readers on a wild ride through the halls of Ivydom. If one wants to know how power will be used, watch how it is obtained. So instructs "Power Ties," a cautionary tale of law school lore for the Third Millenia, set at that bastion of legal realism, Yale Law School. Finally, a law school book that actually tells it like it is.
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About the Author: |
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T. Bill Andrews graduated from the University of Iowa with high honors, where he was a member of the undergraduate Iowa Writers' Workshop. He received his law degree from Yale Law School, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Yale Law Journal, student director of the Clinical Prosecutors Program, and summer clerked for a federal appeals court judge on the Second Circuit in New York City and the United States Attorney. After working for a large law firm and founding his own law firm, he is currently Assistant Attorney General of Iowa. T. Bill Andrews' paintings are represented nationally by Harvey Spector of Mid-America Art Brokers in St. Louis (http://www.kavanaughgallery.com/T-Bill_Andrews.html). He is a veteran of the United States Navy Nuclear Power Program.
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Book Review: |
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"It's a GREAT book! I read it in one eight-hour sitting -- couldn't put it down. It reminded me of when I first read "Catcher in the Rye." --Robert Ewald
"Multifaceted and just plain interesting. The main character is simultaneously drawn by power and repelled by it, wants it on a certain level, yet knows it provides no food for his soul. I have never known a lawyer who didn't have an escape fantasy. A strong and unique voice. --Vicki Steward
"Finally! The truth about law school! How I wish I had read this book before going to law school. This book details the rise of the Federalist Society and sets the stage for the appearance of the American Constitution Society." --
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