{"product_id":"rumpole-and-the-primrose-path-1","title":"John Mortimer: Rumpole and the Primrose Path [2003] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRumpole and the Primrose Path\u003c\/i\u003e - six hilarious crime capers starring John Mortimer's iconic character\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal' P. D James, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole' Clive James, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRumpole was last seen in his hospital bed after his sudden collapse in court. Now our hero finds himself in the Primrose Path nursing home - or a hospice as he persists in describing it. Things aren't looking good for Rumpole - until suddenly he begins to sense there's something wrong with the place, and all his intelligence and formidable insight into human behaviour come to the fore again. And once he has solved the mystery of the Primrose Path nursing home, Rumpole finds the briefs fly thick and fast again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis delightful collection of six Rumpole stories shows the legendary advocate on top form. Readers of \u003ci\u003eSherlock Holmes, \u003c\/i\u003eP.D. James and P.G. Wodehouse will love this book.\u003cbr\u003e Sir John Mortimer was a barrister, playwright and novelist. His fictional political trilogy of \u003ci\u003eParadise Postponed, Titmuss Regained\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Trumpets\u003c\/i\u003e has recently been republished in Penguin Classics, together with \u003ci\u003eClinging to the Wreckage\u003c\/i\u003e and his play \u003ci\u003eA Voyage round My Father\u003c\/i\u003e. His most famous creation was the barrister Horace Rumpole, who featured in four novels and around eighty short stories. His books in Penguin include: \u003ci\u003eThe Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole; The Collected Stories of Rumpole; The First Rumpole Omnibus; Rumpole and the Angel of Death; Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders; Rumpole and the Primrose Path; Rumpole and the Reign of Terror; Rumpole and the Younger Generation; Rumpole at Christmas; Rumpole Rests His Case; The Second Rumpole Omnibus; Forever Rumpole; In Other Words; Quite Honestly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSummer's Lease\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mortimer, John","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47728015540563,"sku":"XV80141011202","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mortimer-john-rumpole-and-the-primrose-path-xv80141011202-54637210403155.jpg?v=1728276980","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/rumpole-and-the-primrose-path-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}