David Schmahmann, Author . White Pine $21.95 (327p) ISBN 978-1-893996-16-8
An engaging and poignant account of forbidden love between a privileged 17-year-old white boy and the daughter of a Zulu servant woman under apartheid in 1970s Durban, South Africa marks the literary debut of a Durban-born, but Dartmouth- and...
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David Schmahmann, Author Academy Chicago Publishers $24.95 (279p) ISBN 978-0-89733-592-8
In his latest, author and attorney Shmahmann creates a world of cutthroat partners and sordid love affairs in the law firm of Nibble & Kuhn. Our protagonist Derek Dover is a cold but admirable professional (TV fans will find more than an initial...
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David Schmahmann, Academy Chicago, $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-89733-612-3
In Schmahmanns (Nibble & Kuhn) haunting new novel, the circumstances surrounding a mothers death compel her son to unravel the complicated story of his family. Central to it is Gordonwood, their Durbin, South Africa estate, and the artifact...
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David Schmahmann. Permanent, $28 (198p) ISBN 978-1-57962-218-3
Alfred Buber, the narrator of Schmahmann's (Empire Settings) second novel, is a man both prissy and sordid. He describes himself as portly, little, middle-aged, bald, with beady eyes, a big nose, and hairless legs. He's a partner in a stodgy Boston...
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