The Far Side of the Moon av Clive Stafford Smith

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<p>''[A] vivid, inquiring memoir... A properly soul-searching book''<i> Observer</i><br><br><b>The powerful and emotive memoir about one man¿s relationship with his father and the stigma around mental illness, from the acclaimed author and human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith.</b><br><br>A leading campaigner for justice, human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith has spent a lifetime getting to know his clients ¿ from detainees in Guant¿mo Bay to prisoners facing execution on Death Row ¿ and finding out ''what makes them tick''.<br><br>Yet closer to home, there was a man whose mind has always remained off limits: his own father.<br><br>But when Clive inherited more than 3,000 of his letters, he could finally start to piece together the obsessive personality behind them.<br><br>Drawing on the life of a client with his own mental health issues, <i>The Far Side of the Moon </i>is an unforgettable memoir and a meticulous critique of our social and justice systems.Just how much has Clive'