(Drivebycuriosity) - Whom does the law system serve? Do courts, judges & lawyers serve the good or the bad? The society or the criminals? If you want an answer you might find one in the novel "A personal History of Thirst" by John Burdett ( amazon).
The novel, set in England in the 1970s, is written in first person by James, a criminal lawyer. He tells about Oliver Thirst, a criminal who has been one of his clients, and his former girlfriend Daisy, an alternatively thinking American. Thirst is dead, murdered (this is a spoiler free blog).
The novel is about three persons, who are somewhat attracted to each other. Burdett, who is a former English Barrister himself, focuses on the deficiencies of the law system (the English law is not much different from the American or German). He also muses about the causes of criminality, the horrible prison regime, dysfunctional families, sex, England in the 1970s and much more.
I
was entertained but I found the described relations not very plausible. They
were too irrational, too self destructive and too aggressive for my
taste, but I understand that rational behavior is not a story (man bites
dog instead of dog bites man). The Amazon page of this book has a lot very positive comments. It seems that Burdett`s plot caters many tastes. Who am I to judge?
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