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In 2011 Isabel Buchanan a twenty-three-year-old Scottish lawyer moved to Pakistan to work in a new legal chambers in Lahore. The chambers was run by a determined thirty-three-year-old Pakistani lawyer Sarah Belal who had finally found her calling in defending inmates on Pakistan's death row.
Belal and Buchanan struck up an unlikely friendship forged through working in a system that was instinctively hostile to newcomers - and doubly so if they were female. At Sarah's side and with the help of Nasar the firm's legendary clerk Buchanan plunged into the strange and complex world of Pakistan's justice system. The work was arduous underfunded and dangerous. But for a young Scottish lawyer like Buchanan it was an unparalleled education offering a window onto a much-misunderstood country and culture. Filled with beautifully drawn characters she creates a narrative brimming with ideas and bursting with humanity. It is a story of Pakistan but it is also a universal story of the pursuit of justice in an uncertain world.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2017-07-27
Publication Date:
2017-07-27
Publisher:
Vintage
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1784700193
ISBN13:
9781784700195
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Weight:
328 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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