num_pages: 549
description: An epic novel about those who stayed in Prague after 1968. When middle-aged judge Adam Kindl is asked not only to try a double murder case but is also expected to find the accused guilty, it is his own shattered faith in the political system that is put on trial.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Judge On Trial
titlecomplete: Judge On Trial
genres: Fiction, Czech Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 222
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
category: Shortlist
publisher: Knopf