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The lovable, irreverent, claret-swigging, Wordsworth-spouting criminal lawyer returns to the fray to fight new battles against injustice.Tags
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What can I say? Classic plonk swilling, cigar smoking, cynical, yet heart-of-gold Rumpole in a series of legal predicaments and mysteries. Always fun, never too deep and yet, with a touching regard for the frailties of humanity. Just right when you want something that is gentle and funny but with a bit of underlying cynicism.
Perfectly good sturdy Rumpole stories that I was sorry to learn I had already seen via tv. At least the last few were new to me.
SWMBO's description of Rumpole as "not nearly so unbearable when you lose" is quite good.
SWMBO's description of Rumpole as "not nearly so unbearable when you lose" is quite good.
Just arrived from Sweden. Kindly sent by my dear friend Bettie. Now should follow to....
Just arrived from Sweden. Kindly sent by my dear friend Bettie. Now should follow to....
Just arrived from Sweden. Kindly sent by my dear friend Bettie. Now should follow to....
Just arrived from Sweden. Kindly sent by my dear friend Bettie. Now should follow to....
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146+ Works 15,677 Members
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Contains
Is an adaptation of
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1988
- People/Characters
- Horace Rumpole
- Dedication
- To Penny
- First words
- It is now getting on for half a century since I took to crime, and I can honestly say I haven't regretted a single moment of it.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And the hell with Thin-O-Vite.
- Blurbers
- Potter, Lynda Lee; Lambert, J. W.; James, Clive; Coren, Alan
- Disambiguation notice
- Short story collection:
- Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation
- Rumpole and the Barrow Boy
- Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
- Rumpole and the Tap End
- Rumpole and the Chambers Party
- Rumpol... (show all)e and Portia
- Rumpole and the Quality of Life
Please note that the Rumpole short stories (and novels) are adaptations / novelizations of Mortimer's screenplays for the TV series starring Leo McKern -- not the other way around.
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- Popularity
- 91,838
- Reviews
- 6
- Rating
- (4.02)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 3
