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Rumpole a La Carte [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by John Mortimer (Author), Leo McKern (Reader)
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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Durkin Hayes (Oct 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0886466083
  • ISBN-13: 978-0886466084
  • Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 9.5 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,677,106 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A clutch of glorious stories - a must for any Rumpole fan, 2 Jan 2002
By Jason Marks (Northants, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rumpole a la Carte (Paperback)
A globetrotting series of tales which see our hero, and occassionally 'She Who Must be Obeyed', travelling about our country & the high seas, dispensing that unique brand of justice.

Rumpole was recommended to me (unnecesarily I might add!) by my college law lecturer - each time I read one of John Mortimer's books I wish a little harder that I had tried for the bar.

A great read anywhere, though best not for short journeys, you might miss your stop!

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Gold, 25 Jan 2009
This review is from: Rumpole a la Carte (Paperback)
Ignore the negative review, he knows not what he says. This is an excellent collection of short stories. Like all of Mortimer's tales about the Old Bailey hack, they are a mixture of the funny and, at times, the gently melancholic. The characters are very slightly caricatured, but very real all the same; rather like the people one meets in every day life, in fact. Enjoy these exploits, and when you've finished try some more of Mortimer's work.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Dull and Predictable Stories, 22 July 2002
By A. Ross (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rumpole a la Carte (Paperback)
Despite the fact that I generally enjoy comic British writing, and have on occasion watched the TV version of Rumpole with amusement, I found this collection of short Rumpole stories rather tedious. Having never read any of the extensive Rumpole series, I figured this collection of six stories would be a good place to test the waters. What I found was a series of predictable tales, populated by thin characters that offer little variety in their foibles from story to story. And while you could make the same case for P.G. Wodehouse's creations, the difference is that he had the Midas touch when it came to language and wit, whereas Mortimer's prose is generally uninspired. After a while, the curmudgeonly grumblings of Rumpole get rather old, as does the sharp tongue of his wife (She Who Must Be Obeyed), the pathetic philandering Erskine Brown, and the doddering foolishness of Uncle Tom. While the cut and thrust of the courtroom scenes do impart a sense of vigor and wit to the proceedings, they are the only bright lights in what are otherwise remarkably dull and predictable stories. Perhaps lawyers find Mortimer's prose remarkable, I, on the other hand, do not.
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