London's Sunday Times said Rumpole was worthy to join the great gallery of English oddballs ranging from Pickwick to Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. Here are two wonderful stories about the irrepressibly audacious Old Bailey hack Horace Rumpole, including the immortal moment in Rumpole's Last Case when, pinning his hopes on a four-horse accumulator, Rumpole decides to retire from the hallowed halls of justice, but not before first speaking his mind to the Mad Bull - Judge Roger Bullingham.
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"just for the fun of it. totally british eccentric. what's not to like? a barrister who knows how to solve cases while standing in court. and then there is his wife, hilda -- she who must be obeyed. pure fun." — Maggie (4 out of 5 stars)
"just for the fun of it. totally british eccentric. what's not to like? a barrister who knows how to solve cases while standing in court. and then there is his wife, hilda -- she who must be obeyed. pure fun."
" It's always fun to catch up with the greatest barrister of all time. Listened to the audio version read by Bill Wallis. "
" Would have been a 5 but the narrator (it was audible) was only so-so. Not gravely enough. Leo McKearn has ruined me for all other Rumpoles. "
" Rumpole up to his old tricks! Gotta love it! "
" As always, Rumpole is a delight. "
John Mortimer (1923–2009) was a playwright, novelist, and barrister. He wrote many radio, film, and television scripts, including the British television series Rumpole of the Bailey, and won the British Academy Writer of the Year Award in 1979. He retired from the bar in 1984 and was knighted in 1998.
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