These collected stories, in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time, are a definitive introduction to one of the wisest and wittiest characters in British comic writing and a reminder of what justice should really be about.
John Mortimer (1923-2009) was a novelist, playwright and barrister.
Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories
and a trilogy of political novels (Paradise Postponed, Titmuss
Regained, and The Sound of Trumpets) featuring Leslie Titmuss. Sir
John received a CBE in 1986 and a knighthood for his services to
the arts in 1998.
Sam Leith is the former literary editor of the Daily Telegraph, and
the author of the novel The Coincidence Engine and three
non-fiction books, of which the most recent was You Talkin' To Me?
- Rhetoric From Aristotle to Obama. He writes regularly for the
Evening Standard, Guardian, Prospect and the Spectator.
I thank Heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole
*Clive James*
Rumpole is simply one of the great fictional characters of modern
English literature
*Sunday Times*
The best mock heroic fatty since Falstaff
*Alan Coren*
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