Rumpole a la Carte

by John Mortimer

Book Overview

Six new tales featuring everyone's favorite barrister, Horace Rupole--disheveled, polemical, and immensely fond of cigars, Wordsworth, and Chateau Thames Embankment. "One of the immortals of mystery fiction" (San Francisco Chronicle), Mortimer's Rumpole has also been featured on the popular PBS series, "Mystery!"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140156097
• ISBN13: 9780140156096
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

More of the legendary Rumpole of the Bailey!

I for one can't get enough Rumpole in my diet. I look forward to each and every story in this wonderful series. This particular book consists of six short stories. They are all very good, and exceedingly funny, but I always have to pick a favourite, and I think "Rumpole at Sea" was the best in this collection. These stories are so totally wonderful, and Rumpole is so real that you will think that you know him as you read of his exploits. I laugh out loud many times during the course of reading each collection of stories. My hat comes off to Mortimer because of his formidable writing talents. I am glad I have more Rumpole to read.

Review of Rumpole A La Carte

This is a really funny story, well told by Leo McKern, who IS Rumpole. (There are other Rumpole readers, but his is the best, even if you never saw his tv version) For Rumpole of the Bailey fans, you have all the usual cast, She Who Must Be Obeyed, Erskine Brown cheating on Portia, Uncle Tom, and Soapy Sam Ballard, head of Chambers. Lots of fun and really a pleasure to listen to. Couldn't even tell it was abridged. I'm a lawyer and I listen to mine evey fun months to get recharged