New to Penguin Modern Classics, the very first selection of stories featuring the irrepressible Rumpole
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New to Penguin Modern Classics, the very first selection of stories featuring the irrepressible Rumpole
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New to Penguin Modern Classics, the very first selection of stories featuring the irrepressible RumpoleHorace Rumpole, the old boy committed to defending the apparently indefensible, trusting of a jury, scornful of the law's pomposities, appears here in a new edition of the 1978 iconic Rumpole debut.This volume collects the much-loved stories 'Rumpole and the Younger Generation', 'Rumpole and the Alternative Society', 'Rumpole and the Honourable Member', 'Rumpole and the Married Lady', 'Rumpole and the Learned Friends' and 'Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade'.
Critic Reviews
“I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole.--Clive James, Observer Rumpole is worthy to join the great gallery of English oddballs ranging from Pickwick to Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves and Bertie Wooster.-- Sunday Times”
I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole. -- Clive James Observer
Rumpole is worthy to join the great gallery of English oddballs ranging from Pickwick to Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. Sunday Times
About the Author
Sir John Mortimer was a novelist, playwright and barrister. The first book featuring his most famous character, Horace Rumpole, was published by Penguin in 1980, and Mortimer went on to publish a dozen collections of Rumpole stories as well as a handful of novels, culminating in 2007 in RUMPOLE MISBEHAVES. He was knighted in 1998 for his services to the arts and died in January 2009.
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