Nothing Lost

During Christmas break I read a book entitled Nothing Lost.  At first I found the book very confusing because there is a very large number of characters, but after finishing it the entire plot all came together at the end.  This book was written by John Gregory Dunne and definitely applies to psychology and law.  After reading this book I became much more knowledgable on how attorneys, lawyers, judges, and politicians play a major role in the criminology field.  What I found most interesting was how much politics influenced court cases.  This is a ficticious book, but portrays the day to day worklife of prosecutors and defense attorneys in great detail.  Even when it comes to behind the scences love affairs and unlawful decisions based on the fact that one of the attorneys is married to a wannabe congressman.  The author loves to jump around from chapter to chapter, but the reader gains an appreciation of the law beginning at a crime and going through an investigation and finishing with a trial.  The twists in this book along with the dry humor make it an enjoyable read, plus a person interested in psychology and law has a lot to gain from reading it.