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Rumpole at Christmas (2009)

by John Mortimer

Series: Rumpole of the Bailey (Short stories)

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Five holiday tales feature the curmudgeon barrister in "Rumpole and Father Christmas," "Rumpole's Slimmed Down Christmas," "Rumpole and the Boy," "Rumpole and the Old Familiar Faces," and "Rumpole and the Christmas Break."
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  GHA.Library | May 2, 2023 |
I'd read some (but not all) before but enjoyed nevertheless. ( )
  mumoftheanimals | Dec 11, 2020 |
A fun collection of Rumpole short stories. I love John Mortimer's play with language. We got lots of laughs from this. Bill Wallis did a great job reading. ( )
  njcur | Dec 26, 2019 |
If you love Rumpole, these stories won't disappoint. Published after Mortimer's death, they were a great comfort to me because life without Rumpole...is just hard. ( )
1 vote Oodles | Feb 16, 2016 |
A collection of "Rumpole of the Bailey" stories, all more or less with a Christmas theme. Rumpole's curmudgeonly and rumpled humor is in fine form here, and his relationship with his wife Hilda ("She Who Must Be Obeyed") is somewhat expanded, especially when a judicial nemesis of Rumpole's takes an interest in her. The stories mainly involve She Who Must dragging a reluctant Rumpole around from one ghastly Christmas excursion to another, and yet he manages to find a non-promising murder case to defend. I was saddened to read from the interior notes that John Mortimer died in 2009. No more Rumpole stories. Fortunately, Mortimer was quite prolific, and I believe I've only read about half of his oeuvre. ( )
  burnit99 | Jan 30, 2016 |
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Five holiday tales feature the curmudgeon barrister in "Rumpole and Father Christmas," "Rumpole's Slimmed Down Christmas," "Rumpole and the Boy," "Rumpole and the Old Familiar Faces," and "Rumpole and the Christmas Break."

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Contains:
  • Rumpole and the old familiar faces
  • Rumpole and the Christmas break
  • Rumpole and the boy
  • Rumpole and the millennium bug
  • Rumpole and the Christmas party
  • Rumpole and Father Christmas
  • Rumpole and the health farm murder
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