A short gentleman
By: Jon Canter
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9781847824196
Subjects: Social life and customs; Criminals; Upper class; Manners and customs; Married people; Fathers and sons; Fiction
Description: When Robert Purcell, aged eight, read his father's entry in Who's Who, he saw his own life unfolding before him. Like his father, he'd get a first in Law, then enjoy a distinguished career as a barrister and a judge. For a long time, everything went to plan. Then his life fell apart. He committed a crime. He went to prison. Now he's out, his wife has told him to write an account of who he is and why he is who he is. What drove him to his crime? To an English gentleman who loathes the confessional culture such emotional striptease is torture. Nevertheless, A Short Gentleman is that confession.
Notes: Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape.