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    The Pupil

    By Caro Fraser

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    Of the two pupil barristers at the prestigious chambers of 5 Caper Court, only one can win the coveted role of junior tenant. Penniless Anthony Cross is brilliant, hard-working, and longs to gain a foothold on this legal ladder to success. But his rival, Edward Choke - wealthy, good-natured, and not very bright - is also the head of chambers' nephew.
    In his quest for admission to the elite world of London's Commercial Bar, Anthony discovers that behind the elegant doors of chambers lie hard choices, deceitful politics, and dangerous corruption. And he must also cope with complications that threaten to ruin his career before it has even begun - his ageing hippy father, a fickle girlfriend, and above all a confusing relationship with charismatic barrister Leo Davies. . .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllison & Busby
    Release dateSep 30, 2013
    ISBN9780749014926
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    The Pupil
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    Caro Fraser

    Caro Fraser is the author of the bestselling Caper Court novels, based on her own experiences as a lawyer. She is the daughter of bestselling Flashman author George MacDonald Fraser and lives in London.

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      Note: This review discusses the plot, but doesn't reveal anything significant about its outcome.I loved The Pupil, and will look for more works by Caro Fraser. Her narrative, pacing, and characterization form a vivid and engaging portrait of a bright, working-class man who hopes to enter a topflight London firm, directly from law school. As an American I’m struck by caste systems’ profound ability to limit social and career mobility. For better or worse, in the 16 years since this book’s publication, the increasing democratization of European cultures has further eroded their rigid class structures. But when the curtain rises in this 1993 tale, you know that Anthony, the guileless fledgling barrister, will need more than talent to obtain a permanent post in his chosen firm at the end of a one-year apprenticeship, or pupilage.The mere setting and subject of this book made reading it worth my while. First, I’m an unabashed, but selective (alright, snobbish) Anglophile, so I was easily seduced by the smug yet volatile atmosphere of this tightly sealed and segregated British hothouse of a law firm. Second, I dropped out of law school years ago (loved Torts; hated Contracts) when I reluctantly acknowledged my work would likely revolve around countless dry abstractions, sparking in me little of the excitement legal novices and lay people sometimes associate with the practice of law. But my hunger for the law’s twists and turns survives in small, particular ways.Case in point: I was pleased the plot involved maritime law, to me an attractive combination of the mundane (insurance) and the exotic (sea trade). But there was disappointingly little of it. Perhaps former barrister Fraser included some details, but a zealous editor cut them because they didn’t advance the narrative. If so, it’s too bad for me. Just a tad more background on even one case would’ve appealed.I strongly identified with Anthony and the fascinating senior barrister Leo Davies, who managed by luck, intelligence, and what I call a reasonable amount of selfishness, to rise from relatively unimpressive backgrounds. Leo is one of Anthony’s two love interests; the other is Julia, a junior member of another top London law firm. Anthony and Leo are drawn to each other, but by disparate motives. Anthony and Julia, however, seek and partly find, the same things from each other.Fraser deftly manages each character’s point of view, giving us enough access to their subjective perceptions to sense what it’s like to be them and confront their circumstances, whether they’re rich or poor, male or female, gay or straight, young or old. You see this most clearly when numerous people in the same situation react to it in significantly different ways. For example, when the partners vote on whether to grant Anthony or his rival, Edward, a permanent tenancy in the firm, their primary objective is either to please the firm’s managing partner (Edward’s uncle) or to choose a colleague who will strengthen the firm. But only one partner – Leo – bases his vote on a third reason, one that is purely personal and unrelated to everyone else’s motives. And because Leo’s vote is prompted by a desire to satisfy his principal unmet need, it seems logical and natural.Fraser’s clear-eyed objectivity is evident in her portrayal of Anthony’s father, Chay. Through his own actions and the POVs of those who know him best -- his family -- he’s presented as a selfish, incompetent dreamer. But when he hits paydirt in the American art scene, what formerly and reasonably appeared to be his daffiness is revealed to be an intensity of artistic vision that, when brought to fruition, fully satisfies the tastes of a wealthy clientele. I came away with the sense that Chay’s paintings were a difficult to achieve combination of vapidity and pretentiousness. Still, in my opinion, anyone who begrudges Chay his success has a lot to learn about fair value. Although I sense Fraser would agree, I wouldn’t expect her to attend Chay’s next opening.