Voyage Round John Mortimer

by Valerie Grove

Book Overview

Novelist, playwright and barrister John Mortimer has led an extraordinarily rich life, privately and professionally, much of it in the public eye. His own writings, from the play A Voyage Round My Father to the memoirs Clinging to the Wreckage and Murderers and Other Friends, have given his many fans plenty of insights. But now for the first time a biographer has had full access to Mortimer, his circle of friends and colleagues,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141019549
• ISBN13: 9780141019543
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 0.0" x 0.0"

Customer Reviews

Rumpole

Interesting to find his real life---While I love Rumpole, John Mortimer's life seems fraught with indiscretions--of which we dwell on too much. I guess I wanted him to be more like Rumpole.