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02774aam a2200385 i 4500 001 268D2706E5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 003 SILO 005 20191003010029 008 190315t20192019txu 000 f eng 010 $a 2019010948 020 $a 1558858490 020 $a 9781558858497 035 $a (OCoLC)1057782804 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d NYP $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-tx 050 00 $a PS3603.I86 $b P36 2019 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Cisneros, Carlos, $d 1963- $e author. 245 14 $a The paper lawyer / $c Carlos Cisneros. 264 1 $a Houston, Texas : $b Arte PuÌblico Press, $c [2019] 300 $a 365 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Disgraced real-estate attorney Camila Harrison loses both her lucrative job as a partner in a well-known Austin law firm and her fianceÌ, a Texas Supreme Court Justice, when emails she sent to a client expressing her racist views are released to the media. She lands in Houston, practicing social security disability law and seeking criminal appointments in federal court. All too soon she's working her first federal criminal case, which involves an undocumented Mexican accused of money laundering. Harrison has no sympathy for illegal aliens and just wants to secure a plea deal quickly. The situation becomes more complicated when she gets to know the defendant, Vicente Aldama, and realizes he came to the US to work and pay for the life-saving surgery his young daughter desperately needs. When her private investigator discovers possible improprieties related to Aldama's arrest, Harrison begins to seriously consider taking the case to trial despite the advice of colleagues and her complete lack of experience in defending high-stakes federal prosecutions. Gripping, suspenseful and deeply moving, Cisneros' uniquely original legal thriller asks questions about race, prejudice and the corruption that pervades American society, even as it proclaims to be the most advanced nation in the world with the best judicial system."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Attorney and client $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Mexican-American Border Region $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Texas $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Attorney and client. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00820888 651 7 $a North America $z Mexican-American Border Region. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239966 651 7 $a Texas. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210336 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 776 08 $i Online version: $a Cisneros, Carlos, 1963- author. $t Paper lawyer $d Houston, TX : Arte Publico Press, [2019] $z 9781518504310 $w (DLC) 2019012794 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191003011541.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=268D2706E5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search