Rumpole a la Carte [Paperback]

Sir John Mortimer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 7, 1991

This text includes six stories featuring the pillar of the British legal system, Horace Rumpole.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

These six tales of judiciary retribution find barrister Horace Rumpole in a pretentious nouvelle cuisine establishment and on a bleak modern university campus. According to PW , this collection "abounds with wit, familiar eccentrics and those moments of eloquence that make justice seem as simple and desirable as common sense."
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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (February 7, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140156577
• ISBN-13: 978-0140156577
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,790,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Rumpole A La Carte, August 17, 2001

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gerald privin (McDonough, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rumpole a LA Carte (Audio Cassette)

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

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More of the legendary Rumpole of the Bailey!, January 16, 2007

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S. Schwartz "romonko" (alberta canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rumpole a la Carte (Paperback)

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.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Only mildly amusing..., July 6, 2004

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Blaine Greenfield "eclectic reader" (Belle Meade, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rumpole a LA Carte (Audio Cassette)

I've never seen the TV version of RUMPOLE, so when
my local library had the cassette version of RUMPOLE A LA CARTE
by John Mortimer, I grabbed hold of it to see what all the excitement was about.

A LA CARTE features six short stories about Horrace Rumpole,
an eccentric British barrister . . . they were mildly amusing, but none of them leaves me wanting to listen to more and/or go
out of my way to view the program when next on the tube.

Leo McKern's narration, however, was excellent.