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38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia

by Philippe Sands

In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed 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. “Though nearly a decade in the making, this book could not arrive at a better time, because its subject is one of the most pressing themes of our era: impunity. . . . Sands has created an indelible and enthralling work of moral witness.” —Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Say Nothing On the evening of October 16, 1998, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested at a medical clinic in London.…

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