Brothers In Law
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when an idealistic young barrister, utterly inexperienced and hopelessly naive, is thrown headfirst into the chaotic, tradition-bound theatre of the English legal system? Brothers in Law answers that question with razor-sharp wit and irresistible charm, chronicling the comic misadventures of Roger Thursby as he stumbles from one courtroom catastrophe to the next, desperately trying to establish himself at the Bar while navigating the absurdities of judges, solicitors, and the law itself. Henry Cecil — himself a County Court judge — writes with the rare authority of an insider who both reveres and gently ridicules his profession. His prose is light, precise, and devastatingly funny, skewering legal pomposity with the surgical accuracy of a man who has witnessed it all firsthand. A beloved classic of British comic writing, Brothers in Law inspired a successful film and television series, yet the novel itself remains the sharpest and most delightful version of the joke — one that leaves the reader wondering whether justice, in the end, is merely the most elaborate comedy of all.
Author: Henry Cecil
Format: Paperback
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when an idealistic young barrister, utterly inexperienced and hopelessly naive, is thrown headfirst into the chaotic, tradition-bound theatre of the English legal system? Brothers in Law answers that question with razor-sharp wit and irresistible charm, chronicling the comic misadventures of Roger Thursby as he stumbles from one courtroom catastrophe to the next, desperately trying to establish himself at the Bar while navigating the absurdities of judges, solicitors, and the law itself. Henry Cecil — himself a County Court judge — writes with the rare authority of an insider who both reveres and gently ridicules his profession. His prose is light, precise, and devastatingly funny, skewering legal pomposity with the surgical accuracy of a man who has witnessed it all firsthand. A beloved classic of British comic writing, Brothers in Law inspired a successful film and television series, yet the novel itself remains the sharpest and most delightful version of the joke — one that leaves the reader wondering whether justice, in the end, is merely the most elaborate comedy of all.