In this legal and historical detective story, the author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century’s most merciless criminals—accused of genocide and crimes against humanity—testing the limits of immunity and impunity after Nuremberg.
Marvelous and absorbing ... Inimitable ... Sands is also a consummate storyteller, gently teasing out his heavy themes and the accompanying legal intricacies through the unforgettable details he unearths and the many people...who open up to him.
Remarkable ... It is the relentless pursuit of this hidden and repulsive past that gives 38 Londres Street its startling originality, turning it into a tour de force that extends its reach far beyond what we typically envisage from a book about human rights.
Emotionally powerful ... It’s also a reminder that, as a Chilean judge tells Sands at the end of the book, 'It is a fine thing to investigate for a personal reason.' All three of Sands’s books on immunity are a stirring testament to this truth.
