Member Review

The Prosecutor is the story of Nazir Afzal, a Muslim boy from Birmingham who worked his way up to the highest echelons of the Crown Prosecution Service.

This is a great book! I had some familiarity with Nazir Afzal, having seen him pop up on tv to comment on various things that have happened in the news, but I didn’t have much insight into his background or the sheer number of cases he’s worked on, or how he has helped to influence policy on prosecutions.

It’s interesting to see how a line can be drawn from his parents, almost directly influencing his work in regards to honour killings and coercive control, with a lot of influence from his own mother, who sounds like an intuitive, amazing woman. I think that this book demonstrates the incredibly positive effect that immigration can have on our culture and how we can assimilate and adapt to welcome different cultures and by doing do, improve and enrich the lives of everyone.

I was happy to review this as I am particularly interested in the justice system, how it is applied and how it changes over time, so I found this a fascinating read! I think it’s amazing that Nazir had the ability and the insight to be able to redirect policy and recognise when things needed to be focused on, for example in the Rochdale grooming case and when honour killings were occurring, things that may have been missed by people who didn’t have much awareness of cultural influences.

This is a great read and I really enjoyed it - one of the best I’ve read from the current trend of solicitor / lawyer memoirs. I have finished the book with a great respect of Nazir Afzal, and would recommend this book highly!

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.