Clinging to the Wreckage: Another Part of Life

Clinging to the Wreckage: Another Part of Life

In this spirited memoir John Mortimer, an esteemed barrister as well as novelist, playwright, and journalist, relates all the paradoxes and pleasures of his double life.
With wit and style, Mr. Mortimer takes you from his unusual childhood (his father, a blind barrister, insisted that his wife read the sordid details of his divorce briefs in public) to the dilemmas of his life as a barrister (one of his clients indignantly declared, "Your Mr. Rumpole could have gotten me out of this, why the hell can't you!").
Filled with laughter and a sense of the absurd, , Clinging to the Wreckage makes it clear why John Mortimer has been called Noel Coward, P. G. Wodehouse, and Evelyn Waugh rolled into one.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0140068600_used
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1984-01-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780140068603

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