The Collected Stories of Rumpole

John Mortimer

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Penguin
14 June 2013

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories; Humour

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Twenty of the best stories of the irrepressible pillar of the British legal system, Horace Rumpole.

For the first time in Penguin Modern Classics, this is a new selection of some of the best moments in the trials of Horace Rumpole, fiction's most loved barrister-at-law. When not downing Ch teau Fleet Street in Pommeroy's Wine Bar or held in check by She Who Must Be Obeyed, the Old Bailey hack can be found battling through the Law Courts with his formidable mixture of wit, eloquence, cynicism and scruffiness. And whether he is defending various members of the notorious and incompetent south London crime family, the Timsons, or mocking the pomposity and hypocrisy of his own profession, Rumpole is an amiably relentless reminder of what justice should really be about. These twenty stories serve as the definitive introduction to one of the wisest and wittiest characters in British comic writing, in all his shabby glory.

By: John Mortimer
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 447g
ISBN: 9780141198293
ISBN 10: 014119829X
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 14 June 2013
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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. Sam Leith is the former literary editor of the Daily Telegraph, and the author of the novels The Coincidence Engine and Daddy, is Timmy in Heaven Now? He writes regularly for the Evening Standard, Guardian, and Spectator.

Reviews for The Collected Stories of Rumpole

I thank Heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole -- Clive James Rumpole is simply one of the great fictional characters of modern English literature -- Marcel Berlin Sunday Times The best mock heroic fatty since Falstaff -- Alan Coren