The Barrister Blog: Book recommended by Dr Michelle Tempest

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Book recommended by Dr Michelle Tempest

Thank you to Dr Michelle Tempest for recommending Law and Disorder at The Psychiatrist Blog. Michelle is the editor of the excellent book The Future of the NHS which I would highly recommend and which you can buy here.

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The Barrister Blog is written by Tim Kevan who is the author of The BabyBarista Files, a series of novels published by Bloomsbury. Law and Disorder was published in 2009 and Law and Peace in 2011. They are based on the BabyBarista Blog which he writes for The Guardian. He is also the co-author of Why Lawyers Should Surf. He practised as a barrister in London for ten years and now lives in Braunton in North Devon, enjoys surfing and is a co-founder of two businesses, one of which has since been sold to Thomson Reuters. See www.timkevan.com. You can buy his books on amazon . You can also listen to 'Law and Disorder' read by Tim Kevan at www.audible.co.uk. The BabyBarista cartoons are by Alex Williams who also does the Queen's Counsel cartoons for The Times.

Law and Disorder (originally called BabyBarista and the Art of War) is published by Bloomsbury and was described by broadcaster Jeremy Vine as "a wonderful, racing read - well-drawn, smartly plotted and laugh out loud" and by The Times as "a cross between The Talented Mr Ripley, Rumpole and Bridget Jones’s Diary". It is based is based on the BabyBarista Blog which previously appeared on The Times for three years and is now with The Guardian and which was described by The Lawyer as "genius". The sequel is Law and Peace (Bloomsbury, 2011). Both books can can be ordered on amazon. You can also listen to 'Law and Disorder' read by Tim Kevan at www.audible.co.uk.