jenkins wrote only occasionally for magazines after the 1980s, and mostly then for his friend michael vermeulen, who was editor of the british edition of gq. jenkins preferred to concentrate on book writing and publishing. his recent book, "the partisan: the life of william rehnquist" (publicaffairs, 2012), is an editor's choice of the new york times book review. jenkins is the author of two other popular books about lawyers, "the litigators: inside the powerful world of america's high-stakes trial lawyers" (doubleday, 1989), and "ladies’ man: the life and trials of marvin mitchelson" (st. martin's, 1992).