by John Clifford Mortimer · Weidenfeld & Nicolson · tapa dura · ISBN 9780297780106
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«Clinging to the Wreckage» is a memoir by John Clifford Mortimer, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in hardback (200 pages, in English).
John Mortimer reflects on the paradoxes and pleasures of his double life as a lawyer and writer: from an unconventional childhood with his blind lawyer father to the dilemmas of his career in the courts. With humour and a sense of the absurd, these memoirs reflect the wit that led to comparisons with Noel Coward, P. G. Wodehouse and Evelyn Waugh.
First edition of 1982. The full title is «Clinging to the Wreckage: A Part of Life», with 12 pages of illustrated plates.
For those who enjoy memoirs by British writers and the humour of Mortimer, creator of the character Rumpole.
Sir John Clifford Mortimer was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for short stories about a barrister named Horace Rumpole, adapted from episodes of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey also written by Mortimer.
