''[A] vivid, inquiring memoir... A properly soul-searching book'' Observer
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.
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''.
Yet closer to home, there was a man whose mind has always remained off limits: his own father.
But when Clive inherited more than 3,000 of his letters, he could finally start to piece together the obsessive personality behind them.
Drawing on the life of a client with his own mental health issues, The Far Side of the Moon is an unforgettable memoir and a meticulous critique of our social and justice systems.Just how much has Clive'
