Prima Facie
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Prima Facie
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Jodie Comer
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Suzie Miller
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This audiobook is narrated by Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, The Last Duel, The End We Start From), who won Best Actress in both the Tony and Olivier awards for her performance in the theatre production of Prima Facie. Her performance in the play was lauded as "infusing breath-taking emotional drama into every word" (Guardian), with "tremendous skill and improbable stamina" (New York Times). Here she returns to Tessa in this intimate and skilful performance.
From the Olivier award-winning playwright of Prima Facie Suzie Miller comes her first novel, where power, patriarchy and morality diverge.
‘She played by the rules, but the rules are broken.'
Tessa Ensler is a brilliant barrister who's forged her career in criminal defence through sheer determination. Since her days at Cambridge, she’s carefully disguised her working class roots in a male-dominated world where who you know is just as important as what you know. Driven by her belief in the right to a fair trial and a taste for victory, there’s nothing Tessa loves more than the thrill of getting her clients acquitted.
It seems like Tessa has it made when she is approached for a new job and nominated for the most prestigious award in her field. But when a date with a charismatic colleague goes horribly wrong, Tessa finds that the rules she’s always played by might not protect her, forcing her to question everything she's ever believed in…
“It has been an absolute joy to return to Tessa’s story whilst recording this audiobook. My hope is that it will reach the widest number of people, perhaps who weren’t able to see the play. I’ve personally enjoyed delving into her story again and am excited for audiences to experience this further exploration gifted to us by the wonderful Suzie Miller.” Jodie Comer
'Enthralling and sharp-witted . . . Highly recommended' Karin Slaughter
'Bold, fearless, heartbreakingly timeless. Written with skill, humour, despair and hope, Prima Facie is a deeply rewarding, absolute must read' Chris Whitaker
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'Miller's star shines as brightly as a novelist as it does as a playwright. Prima Facie the novel gives us what novels do: the intimacy of interior life.' (Anna Funder, author of STASILAND)
But even when taking her brilliance aside, this story is just so mesmerizing, heartwrenching and deeply important. I'm not ashamed to admit that I bawled my eyes out - both while watching the play and while listening to this.
Jodie Comer as Tessa Ensler hits right in the feels
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Now where they play sent me sobbing now and then, Jodie Comer’s reading of the Novel was, for me at least, yet another level. She said that for her the audiobook was „more intimate“. I presume she refers to the intimacy between her, as an actor, and Tessa, as the character. But for me, the listener, leaning back, headphones on, Jodie Comer became Tessa. In a play, and more so when watching something on screen, there clearly is the here of me as part of the audience and the there of the stage/screen. Listening to the audiobook felt as if a dear friend in deep distress was sitting on the couch, next to me, reluctantly telling me her story. I couldn’t help it, but again and again the thought crept up in me that „this could be one of our girls…“.
I applaud Suzie Miller for the composition of the novel, the slow build-up of Tessa’s background story, her struggle from a working class background to Cambridge and eventually the heights of London courts as a respected top level defense Barrister. She was depicted as a somewhat torn character, at times cocky and arrogant at court, enjoying her victories, her power. Then again the insecure class conscious girl shines through, for example when she visits her mom, bringing her a bottle of Fanta (her favorite drink) as a gift, the mother, remarking „it’s not sugar free“, and Tessa thinks to herself „failure…“. At the same time she is not at all ashamed of her roots (why should she, to begin with?). For example, she keeps her precious Barrister wig, the very symbol of her achievements and social standing, in a Tupperware plastic box she got from her mom. Loved that! By and large she was at ease with herself and her life. She was where she wanted to be and had worked hard to get there. Until „something happened to her.“ For me it was incredibly disconcerting to see confirmed that even the strongest and most successful self made woman, a legal professional all the more, in one of the world’s most progressive countries so quickly can find herself in a situation where she is victimized. She was devastated and completely helpless and all her knowledge and experience at court, where she also had defended sexual offenders, had not prepared her the least bit.
Here again, respect to Suzie Miller for not choosing an easy route. It is not a clear cut case, no attack by a stranger in a park or in a restroom by a brutal colleague she never had much to do with. No. It is more complicated. And that’s the point: it always is! The perpetrator was a person she trusted, a man she did have an affair with, which later was used against her in court. I’m not sure if I should say that, but it struck me as possibly even worse, because she was hurt and brutally abused by someone who she trusted and felt affection for. Someone she had begun to fall in love with suddenly turned into a brutal predator, treating her as a mere „thing“ he could use at will. Tessa was a mere observer to her own unfathomable physical pain, humiliation and helplessness. She experienced mind melting agony, thinking „My body wasn’t mine anymore.“ To add insult to injury, the humiliations surrounding the following investigations, the 2 ½ years waiting time before the court proceedings and the cross examination in court felt mind and soul cracking as well, more part of the abuse than solution, much less salvation.
Here is my personal warning on the label: this is not in any way light entertainment, or entertainment to begin with. High literature hardly ever is. To quote Kafka from memory (our Internet once again is down right now): “A book has to be the axe for the frozen sea inside of us”. Both, the play and the novel, fit that description. I really hope Prima Facie will eventually find a place as mandatory literature in upper level English classes around the world. As my daughters pointed out (referring to philosophy, English and German classes): “We always have to read books by long dead men.” They so have a point!
Conclusion: outstanding writing and composition by Suzie Miller, hugely amplified by Jodie Comer’s acting talent, passion, and her „always give it all“ work attitude. Horizon expanding work. From me 5 stars for every aspect. And thank you, Suzie Miller and Jodie Comer!
A mind bending and soul cracking masterpiece
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One of the best books ever
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