Nothing But The Truth

Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law

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Beschreibung

<p><b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller</b><br><br><b>Full of hilarious and shocking stories, The Secret Barrister's memoir <i>Nothing But The Truth</i> tracks their transformation from hang 'em and flog 'em austerity-supporter to celebrated, campaigning, bestselling author.</b><br><br><b>'Masterful, compassionate and hilarious' </b>- Adam Rutherford, bestselling author of <i>A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived</i><br><br>In an entertaining diary that takes us behind the scenes of their middling ambition, <i>Nothing But The Truth</i> charts the progress down the winding path towards practising at the Bar.<br><br>By way of the painfully archaic traditions of the Inns of Court, where every meal mandates a glass of port and a toast to the monarch, and the Hunger Games-style contest for pupillage - which most don't survive - here is the brilliant reality of being a frustrated junior barrister.<br><br>With a keen eye for the absurd and an obsessive fondness for social media, The Secret Barrister reveals the uncomfortable truths and darkest secrets about life in our criminal courts.<br><br><b>'Words tumble out with extraordinary fluency . . . entertaining and instructive' </b>- <i>The Times</i><br><b>'Written with compassion, wit and intelligence' </b>- <i>TLS</i><br><b>'Excellent . . . a cringe-inducing account of one barrister's travails' </b>- <i>The Telegraph</i><br><br><b>The Secret Barrister's first novel, <i>The Cut Throat Trial</i>, is available now.</b><br><br><i>Nothing But The Truth </i>was a <i>Sunday Times </i>besteller w/c 28.05.23</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529057065

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 132 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Pan Macmillan