{"product_id":"9781509841141","title":"The Secret Barrister : Stories of the Law and How It's Broken","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: The Secret Barrister\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLanguage\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 27 February 2019 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 197 x 25 | 276g\u003cp\u003eAn anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly comic and very moving journey through the legal system - and explains how it's failing all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sunday Times number one bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom. You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or - perhaps through no fault of your own - a defendant. Whatever your role, you'd expect a fair trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed. Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect. The innocent are wronged and the guilty allowed to walk free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken, who broke it and why we should start caring before it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Sunday Times top ten bestseller for twenty-four weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Eye-opening, funny and horrifying' - Observer'Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it' - Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Secret Barrister","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465720959160,"sku":"9781509841141","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781509841141.jpg?v=1734706392","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781509841141","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}