Harvill Secker to publish death row lawyer memoir

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 30/06/2011 - 13:09 Harvill Secker has acquired a non-fiction title about the work of British lawyer Clive Stafford Smith over 25 years to save those on death row in the US. Editor-at-large Rebecca Carter bought UK and Commonwealth rights through Patrick Walsh at Conville & Walsh, having seen an unedited 600-page manuscript. Walsh said the book is fuelled with "a quiet anger" and is already attracting "tonnes of film interest". It is expected to be published in spring 2013. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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