Author(s): The Secret Barrister

Business, Economics and Law

<b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 ‘Book of the Week‘</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>'Masterful, compassionate and hilarious' </b>– <i>Adam Rutherford</i> In a diary that takes us behind the scenes of their middling ambition, <i>Nothing But The Truth</i> 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. 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. _____ <b>‘Words tumble out with extraordinary fluency . . . entertaining and instructive’ </b>– <i>The Times</i> <b>‘Written with compassion, wit and intelligence’ </b>– <i>TLS</i> <b>‘Excellent . . . at once a vicious polemic, a helpful primer and a cringe-inducing account of one barrister's travails' </b>– <i>The Telegraph</i>