"Breakfast of a Lawyer" is, in fact, a collection of anecdotes—i.e., “short stories about interesting cases”—that author Lev Simkin collected throughout his entire life. This book is an amazing gathering of stories, true to the point of incredibility. The author was a witness to many of them, and therefore his characters are recognizable—even those whose real names have been changed. Among them are high-ranking officials and petty rogues, prosecutors (including the general prosecutor) and judges (including the Supreme), lawyers, writers, and artists. Exact sketches of Soviet, “perestroika,” and contemporary everyday life, comic situations, and unexpected twists—this is what the reader will find in Lev Simkin’s book.