Book description
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain.
When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered
scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their
time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered
a landmark work of storytelling. John Mortimer?s Paradise Postponed was
first published in 1985. At the heart of the story lies a mystery. Why,
on his death, has Simeon Simcox, the CND-marching Rector of Rapstone
Fanner, left his fortune not to his two sons but to an odious Tory
Minister? Paradise Postponed provides a brilliant, hilarious portrait of
life in Margaret Thatcher?s England.
John Mortimer was a novelist, playwright and barrister. He was
knighted for his services to the arts in 1998, and died in 2009.
The Rapstone Trilogy - consisting of Paradise
Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets -
captured the Thatcher years perfectly with its enthralling tale of
the rise of Tory MP Leslie Titmuss.
