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Nothing But The Truth
Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law
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Ideal for readers interested in legal memoirs, criminal justice, and British court life, as well as those seeking a candid and humorous insider's perspective on the legal profession.
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See moreFrom the number one bestselling, award-winning Secret Barrister โ an entertaining and surprising memoir about their hilarious and heartbreaking journey from austerity-supporting twenty-something to campaigning reformer.
The third book from the #1 bestselling, award-winning author. In this tell-all memoir, the Secret Barrister describes their journey and reveals how they came to be . . .
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The Sunday Times bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
Full of hilarious and shocking stories, the Secret Barrister's memoir Nothing But The Truth tracks their transformation from hang 'em and flog 'em austerity-supporter to celebrated, campaigning, bestselling author.
'Masterful, compassionate and hilarious' - Adam Rutherford
In a diary that takes us behind the scenes of their middling ambition, Nothing But The Truth charts an outsider's progress down the winding path towards practising at the Bar. 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 โ which most don't survive โ here is the brilliant reality of being a frustrated junior barrister.
With a keen eye for the absurd and an obsessive fondness for Twitter, SB reveals the uncomfortable truths and darkest secrets about life in our criminal courts.
'Words tumble out with extraordinary fluency . . . entertaining and instructive' - The Times
'Written with compassion, wit and intelligence' - TLS
'Excellent . . . at once a vicious polemic, a helpful primer and a cringe-inducing account of one barrister's travails' - The Telegraph
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Entertaining and instructive โ The Times praises the witty and picaresque storytelling. The TLS highlights its compassion, wit and intelligence, while The Telegraph calls it excellent, blending polemic and personal account. Radio Times finds it as entertaining as ever. Law Society's Gazette describes it as eye-opening and breathtaking, a no-holds-barred critique of a broken system. The Bookseller recommends it as compelling and illuminating for anyone considering a legal career.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781529057065
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 May 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 233g
Pages: 320
About the Author
The Secret Barrister is a junior barrister specializing in criminal law, and the author of the award-winning blog of the same name. The Secret Barrister writes for many publications, including The Times, the Guardian, New Statesman, iNews, Esquire and Counsel magazine. In 2016 and 2017, the Secret Barrister was named Independent Blogger of the Year at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards. In 2018, the Secret Barrister was named Legal Personality of the Year at the Law Society Awards. Their first book, The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken, was a Sunday Times number-one bestseller and has been in the top-ten bestseller list for more than a year. It won the Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Award 2018, and was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year and the Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2018. Their second book, Fake Law, was published in 2020.
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