Book description
Rumpole Rests His Case - seven hilarious stories starring John
Mortimer's unforgettable barrister
The comic, courageous, and corpulent Horace Rumpole reenters the
fray in these seven fresh and funny stories in which the "great
defender of muddled and sinful humanity" triumphs over the forces
of prejudice and mean-mindedness while he tiptoes precariously through
the domestic territory of his wife, Hilda-She Who Must Be Obeyed! With
his passion for poetry, and a nose equally sensitive to the whiff of
wrongdoing and the bouquet of a Ch teau Thames Embankment, the lovable
and disheveled Rumpole "is at his rumpled best" (The New
York Times).
These seven wonderful Rumpole stories will be loved by fans of John
Mortimer, as well as readers of Sherlock Holmes, P. D. James
and P. G. Wodehouse.
'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening Standard
'There is a truth in Rumpole that is told with brilliance and grace'
Daily Telegraph
'Rumpole remains and absolute delight' The Times
Sir John Mortimer was a barrister, playwright and novelist. His
fictional political trilogy of Paradise Postponed, Titmuss
Regained and The Sound of Trumpets has recently been
republished in Penguin Classics, together with Clinging to the
Wreckage and his play A Voyage round My Father. His most
famous creation was the barrister Horace Rumpole, who featured in four
novels and around eighty short stories. His books in Penguin include:
The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole; The Collected
Stories of Rumpole; The First Rumpole Omnibus; Rumpole and the Angel
of Death; Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders; Rumpole and the
Primrose Path; Rumpole and the Reign of Terror; Rumpole and the
Younger Generation; Rumpole at Christmas; Rumpole Rests His Case;
The Second Rumpole Omnibus; Forever Rumpole; In Other Words; Quite
Honestly and Summer's Lease.
John Mortimer is a novelist, playwright and former practising
barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole
stories and a trilogy of political novels featuring Leslie Titmuss - a
character as brilliant as Rumpole. His most recent book, THE SUMMER OF A
DORMOUSE, was a bestseller in both hardcover and paperback. John
Mortimer received a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998.
