Monday, August 1, 2011

Ophelia in Pieces – a novel about ye olde criminal barristers | Alex Aldridge

Attorney Jacob Clare 's debut book, the protagonist sees offer a taste of what the last days were as a publicly funded cash

One day a few years ago, 'was converted s Inn, a Wetherspoon ", and Great Britain' as Lincoln \ s pub s is more expensive two-tier legal system, a quaintly distant memory, could the people read lawyer Clare Jacob ' s debut novel, Ophelia in Pieces to find out what is in the final days of the publicly funded bar were like.

Those who learn how criminal lawyers tried desperately to cling to their old status of the tracks - renting expensive building in the Inns of Court, busy "employee", which was to address them as "Sir" or "Miss \ send "their children to private schools - derived despite a dramatic squeeze in their legal aid income leave many stopped almost completely. As they follow the travails of Jacob 's criminal lawyer heroine, Ophelia, she' ll get a feel for how difficult a task was.

Most of the poor Ophelia 's problems run on money. Her limp husband, Patrick, has an affair, because they work so much and he feels neglected. She is so much work, of course, an order for the dwindling legal aid fees. And by continuing to work to set-up so much from Patrick - who was in retrospect very useful for the care of children - they can easily monitor young son, Alex, go off the rails.

No wonder that Ophelia takes a liking to the idea of ??bagging a rich man, an option they explored an unprofessional Flirt with charming but amoral banker Matthew Mars, whose wealth of information on the tantalizing prospect of no longer worry about how the next rate of pay Alex 's school fees.


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