Between You and Me

This book is a blazing shower of sparks from and agile mind at work. Louis Nizer, the attorney and advocate, tried landmark cases in the 1940's. In BETWEEN YOU AND ME readers will meet a versatile Nizer who has long been known to a more select circle as a brilliant orator, an after-dinner wit, an expert in international affairs and a thoughtful observer of society. Here he has combined biography, law, philosophy and politics to offer a book rich in good humor, keen observation, gentle wit and thoughtful analysis. In Experiment on an Island he has written a magnificent case for the law in modern society, so brilliantly reasoned as to convince the most confirmed anarchist. Nizer had for many years numbered among his friends the world's great men and women in the arts, politics, business and the professions. In his biographical sketches, he has drawn portrait miniatures with charm and originality. In the essays contained in this volume, he has written with incisive wit and penetration. For those who have read Mr. Nizer's essays in the past, this will be a welcome renewal of an old friendship. For those who will meet him for the first time, a rich treat is in store.