Asking for it - Couverture rigide

Anonymous

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340692952 ISBN 13 : 9780340692950

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Oliver Rawl and his partner, Sarah Woods, legally represent the most evil of a group of youths who have taken a schoolteacher, Jenny Glendower, captive. Jenny has been in love with Oliver for many years, but she remains innocent of the painful conflict that will destroy his relationship with Sarah.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Praise for A TIME FOR JUSTICE:

'The touch of an insider is undeniable' Belfast Telegraph (Aug '97)

'Anon denounces the liberal values of "potty pinkos"' Guardian

'This is a bad and nasty book' The Times

'laced with sex, scandal and law officers suspected of doing nasty things ... you will quickly recognise 1996. No wonder the author is anonymous' Law Society Gazette

'Not a book to be reading if you're a lone female travelling home on the tube late at night ... all in all interesting reading, the only problem is that it could very easily be true.' The Law Librarian

'required reading by the more liberal wing [...] This is a depressing book but a valuable one in the message it contains about reform of the justice system.' Peter Allen, Wolverhampton Express & Star (July '97)
(amongst others - also Liam Christopher, Liverpool Evening Post)

'as an uncompromising, right-wing polemic by someone who knows the idiocies of the Youth Court system better than the back of his or her own hand, it contains messages of unpalatable and frightening truth' Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday (July '97)

'There is much humour and irony in the book. [...] We are constantly kept in suspense. We are always trying to guess what happens next ... and we care what happens. We identify with the goings-on, because this could be happening to us and those nearest and dearest to us. [...] Is this the book to be handed to every social worker in the probation service, to magistrates and judges?' Alex Auswaks, Jerusalem Post Magazine (Oct '97)

Présentation de l'éditeur

Why does Jenny Glendower choose to walk out of her hotel, alone and by night, in the notoriously dangerous red-light district of London, Great North? What confusion and yearning propels this attractive schoolteacher from the West Country, mother of two, to abandon every lesson of prudence? When a gang of youths closes round her on the streets, Jenny realises too late that she is a target not only for robbery - but worse.

Oliver Rawl and his partner, Sarah Woods, both legal-aid solicitors, legally represent the most evil of the cynical youths who have taken Jenny captive. One of them, Charco Rios, still walks free as the notorious murderer of a Headmaster. Jenny has been in love with Oliver for many years, but she remains innocent of the painful conflict between professional duty and private sentiment that will gradually destroy Oliver's relationship with Sarah.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340692952
• ISBN 13: 9780340692950
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible