Pupil-to-be Thom Dyke reviews blog-turned-novel ‘BabyBarista and The Art of War’
John Mortimer once described the process of undertaking pupillage as one of life’s “splendid miseries”. In BabyBarista and The Art of War, Tim Kevan provides a portrait of the year-long quest for tenancy. Describing the gruelling year of pupillage as “a sort of upper-class reality show in microcosm”, the book chronicles the progress of BabyBarista, who engages in all manner of brief-swapping and bed-hopping schemes in the hope of securing his prize of a permanent position at chambers.
