MY LIFE AS A RADICAL LAWYER

Between the lines of bombast, self-aggrandizement and special pleading in the notorious barrister's memoirs, the careful listener can extract--or rather infer--important history of the last 30 years. Beginning with the trial of the Chicago Seven, Kunstler has defended many of the leading political iconoclasts of our age. The recording benefits from period music and snippets of vintage news audio for scene setting. But the best part is the author's well-known gravelly, heavily accented voice. Shut your eyes and you feel that you're a jury member listening to the defendant's summation in the case of Kunstler vs Posterity. Y.R. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 97]