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`With every turn of the page, my eyebrows moved slightly further up my forehead. There was I, assuming the junior bar was crammed with the serious and the high-minded, where the only trace of ambition is the politest nudge ... BabyBarista shows the eagles and eaglets with their talons out and their feathers up. It is a wonderful, racing read - well-drawn, smartly plotted and laugh out loud - and we all just have to pray that none of it is true. You'll never look at a young lawyer in the same way again.' --Jeremy Vine, broadcaster and journalist
`A cross between The Talented Mr Ripley, Rumpole and Bridget Jones's Diary ... a gallop of a read'
--The Times
`A cross between The Talented Mr Ripley, Rumpole and Bridget Jones's Diary ... a gallop of a read'
--The Times
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`BabyBarista is a classic British comedy set in a world of vanity, egos and cut-throat ambition that puts even the acting profession into the shade. It's sassy, sexy and hilariously funny.'
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Funny, fast-paced and original,
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This review is from: BabyBarista and the Art of War (Hardcover)
An absolute joy of a book - very cleverly structured, beautifully written, and finding a neat balance between the entirely plausible and jaw-dropping absurd. BabyBarista will ring all too familiar bells for those who've been there and done all that, and gives the rest of us a fascinating glimpse inside the archaic (and astonishing) world of the English Bar. A classic page-turner that you really don't want to end, with an above-average quota of LOL moments.
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A first-rate read,
This review is from: BabyBarista and the Art of War (Hardcover)
Machiavelli didn't write about trainee barristers, but if he had done so he may well have come up with BabyBarista - the narrator of this excellent book, and one of four pupils fighting for a single tenancy at a legal chambers. Seeking to impress the established tenants whilst attempting to facilitate the downfall of his competitors, BabyB resorts to increasingly underhand tactics to secure the place; usually with unexpected and hilarious results.
As with all good books the action revolves around some carefully crafted (and crafty) characters, most of whom are referred to by their `blog' titles throughout - a modern and very pleasing touch. Tim Kevan has drawn on his own experience as a barrister to bring us into a rarefied legal world in a style that is both entertaining and illuminating. If we believe that barristers are the very epitome of probity, then we evidently do so at our peril. BabyBarista and the Art of War is a well-written, well-paced, very funny page-turner and one of the most enjoyable books I have read for a long time. I look forward to following more adventures of this fascinating character.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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An Absolute Delight,
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This review is from: BabyBarista and the Art of War (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful, pacy, read: the characters are perfectly drawn, fabulously funny and Kevan sheds light on a world that no television drama would or could ever dare to expose. Written with obvious authority, this is a laugh-out-loud legal comedy that exposes the idiosyncrasies of the modern Bar. In particular I loved BabyBarista's attempts to find a one-size-fits-all winning formula for success in court - blindly interpreting the styles of other more senior advocates - so true!
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