A just-published book by legal writing expert Bryan Garner paints a new picture of the human side of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, with whom Garner wrote two books in the final decade of the legendary justice's life.

In the intimate book “Nino and Me,” Scalia emerges as an endearingly loyal friend who could also erupt with anger and disdain—emotions that almost ended their book projects and their relationship.