Paradise Postponed
$39.72
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
10 December 2010
Summary
‘Ironic and elegant … a panoramic human comedy of life in our times’
When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless, social-climbing Tory MP Leslie Titmuss, the Rector’s two sons react in very different ways. Henry, novelist and former ‘angry young man’ turned grumpy old reactionary, decides to fight the will and prove their father was insane. Younger brother Fred, a mild-mannered country doctor, takes a different approach, q…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141193397 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141193395 |
| Author: | John Mortimer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 10 December 2010 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Hats off to John Mortimer. He’s done it again!
Hats off to John Mortimer. He’s done it again! * Spectator *He reveals on every page … a sense of the absurd, a shrewd eye for human foibles and an infallible sense of comic timing * New York Times *Paradise Postponed is an hilarious novel and thoroughly recommended * Daily Telegraph *
About The Author
John Mortimer
John Mortimer (1923 - 2009) was a novelist, playwright and barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels (Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained, and The Sound of Trumpets) featuring Leslie Titmuss. Sir John received a CBE in 1986 and a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998.
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