{"product_id":"nothing-but-the-truth-by-the-secret-barrister-9781529057065","title":"Nothing But The Truth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 \u003cem\u003eBook of the Week\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFull of hilarious and shocking stories, the Secret Barrister's memoir \u003cem\u003eNothing But The Truth\u003c\/em\u003e tracks their transformation from hang 'em and flog 'em austerity-supporter to celebrated, campaigning, bestselling author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Masterful, compassionate and hilarious' - Adam Rutherford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a diary that takes us behind the scenes of their middling ambition, \u003cem\u003eNothing But The Truth\u003c\/em\u003e 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 – which most don't survive – here is the brilliant reality of being a frustrated junior barrister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Words tumble out with extraordinary fluency . . . entertaining and instructive' - The Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Written with compassion, wit and intelligence' - TLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Excellent . . . at once a vicious polemic, a helpful primer and a cringe-inducing account of one barrister's travails' - The Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243403915500,"sku":"9781529057065","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529057065-nothing-but-the-truth-1.jpg?v=1787984834","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/nothing-but-the-truth-by-the-secret-barrister-9781529057065","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}