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    Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent
    Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent
    Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent
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    Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent

    Written by John Mortimer

    Narrated by Leo McKern

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    About this audiobook

    While Rumpole defends a union activist accused of manslaughter, Hilda creates her own union and goes on strike as Rumpole's cook because of his unpredictable and frequent late hours. Rumpole is under pressure to win his case and negotiate a proper labor settlement with “She Who Must Be Obeyed.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAudio Holdings
    Release dateJan 1, 2009
    ISBN9781601361585
    Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent
    Author

    John Mortimer

    Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE was born in April 1923. After studying at Oxford he was called to the bar at the age of 25, later becoming a QC. He is a celebrated dramatist, screenwriter and author; his most famous creation, Horace Rumpole, appeared in Rumpole of the Bailey, a television series which was later complemented by short stories, novels and radio programmes. Mortimer died in January 2009.

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    • 5/5
      I love the Rumpole series. Mortimer turns his Rumpole into a master detective with the finess of an expert lawyer.
    • 5/5
      Just-right characters, setting, flow. Unsurpassed performance. Profoundly funny. # # #
    • 4/5
      Another set of stories from the memoirs of Horace Rumpole, Barrister at Law or, as he often describes himself, an Old Bailey hack.Rumpole is a delicious blend of anarchist and defender of the old order. Always eager to deflate the narrow-minded pomposity of some of his fellow barristers at 4 Equity Court, such as the Head of Chambers, Sam Ballard QC, or the vague, opera-loving Claude Erskine Brown, he remains resistant to any attempt to modernise chambers life, even to the point of benign Luddism.In this collection he has to contend with the ministrations of his doctor, who seeks to curtail his admittedly excessive consumption of fried food, cheap claret and noxious cheroots, and also finds himself appearing before his former protégée, Phyllida Erskine Browne, who has now been elevated to the Bench.As ever, he generally prevails, armed with his Oxford Book of English verse (Quiller-Couch edition) and his ability to engage with the jury, despite the frequent ministrations of the Judge. After having read a few volumes of these stories, this latest dose may seem just like 'more of the same', but that is fine by me.
    • 5/5
      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.