Nothing But The Truth: The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer

The Secret Barrister's memoir, Nothing But The Truth, chronicles their transformation from austerity-supporter to bestselling author. It offers a behind-the-scenes look at life in criminal courts, including archaic traditions and a Hunger Games-style contest for pupillage. The book is praised for its humor, compassion, and intelligence.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 11 May 2023
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

The Secret Barrister's memoir, Nothing But The Truth, is a hilarious and shocking collection of stories that chronicles their transformation from a hang 'em and flog 'em austerity-supporter to a celebrated, campaigning, bestselling author. Written with compassion, wit, and intelligence, the book offers a cringe-inducing account of one barrister's travails.

The Secret Barrister's journey to practising at the Bar is depicted in a diary that takes us behind the scenes of their middling ambition. Through 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, where most don't survive, the book provides a brilliant reality of being a frustrated junior barrister.

With a keen eye for the absurd and an obsessive fondness for Twitter, the Secret Barrister reveals the uncomfortable truths and darkest secrets about life in our criminal courts. Their first novel, The Cut Throat Trial, is available for pre-order now.

The book has received rave reviews from critics, with Adam Rutherford describing it as "masterful, compassionate, and hilarious." The Times praised the author's "extraordinary fluency" and called the book "entertaining and instructive." TLS praised the book's "compassion, wit, and intelligence," while The Telegraph described it as "excellent."

Nothing But The Truth was a Sunday Times besteller w/c 28.05.23.

Weight: 230g
Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529057065