| | Rumpole and the Primrose Path (Rumpole Novels) |  | Author: John Clifford Mortimer
Creator: Bill Wallis
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks
Category: Book
List Price: $64.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Items: 6
ISBN: 075408759X
EAN: 9780754087595
ASIN: 075408759X
Publication Date: August 2004
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With Rumpole Rests His Case, legions of fans welcomed back the curmudgeonly London barrister they had loved for yearsand they are eager for more. The six new stories in Rumpole and the Primrose Path find Horace Rumpoledespite a heart attack that left him at deaths door in the previous volumedeftly parrying everything from the admonitions of his wife, Hilda, to the vagaries of his legal colleagues and their new director of marketing, Luci. With her cell phone, corporate jargon, glossy brochures, and plans to give their chambers a new image, Luci presumes Rumpole is soon to expire, and has been planning his memorial service. But the witty and irreverent Rumpole, sharp as ever, is far from hanging up his wig!
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 Another Great Rumpole Tale July 13, 2008
I love Rumpole. I've loved all of Mortimer's Rumpole books and this is no exception. I wouldn't suggest starting with this one. Perhaps one of the omnibuses instead. But this one is still awesome and a worthy addition to anyone's library.
Never Write Off Rumpole June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The more I read the Rumpole series, the happier I am and want more. I seem to be reading the series backward in time, but that's working. Apparently, Rumpole suffered a heart attack in an earlier book (perhaps in RUMPOLE RESTS HIS CASE) and the six stories that comprise THE PRIMROSE PATH occur across the year following that event. The first in the collection, the title story, was on the short list for an Edgar Award when it was published. It finds Rumpole consigned to a convalescent home. When the only bright light in the place, a pleasant nurse, is accused of murdering another patient she befriended, he gladly makes his escape to help her and proves to everyone around him that contrary to their expectations, there's quite a bit of life left in him. The other stories include "Rumpole and the New Year's Resolutions," "Rumpole and the Right to Privacy," "Rumpole and the Scales of Justice," "Rumpole and the Vanishing Juror," and "Rumpole Redeems Himself." Author Mortimer works from formula, but who cares? It's his original formula and he makes it work over and over and over again. This is a strong batch of stories that as usual satirize contemporary zeitgeist while sorting out very real issues like of privacy rights vs. public interest, evidence vs. appearances, and juror regulations. Rumpole's is a witty, garrulous voice that asks the other characters in his life to turn down the volume on assumptions, pretentions and biases just long enough to hear the truth.
 One of the worst books... May 19, 2008
This is a terrible book by someone who has obviously run out of ideas. I liked the TV series though.
Brilliant as usual! August 21, 2007
In this book of six stories we see Rumpole as he comes back from a heart attack that took him at the end of the last book. And does he ever come back! He is vigorous and apparently healthy, but just as curmudgeonly as usual in this book of stories. The stories in this book are all equally wonderful. They are witty, tricky and the loveable Rumpole rules over them all. Rumpole is not just a character, he is a literature icon like Jeeves and Bertie Wooster or Albert Campion. As usual I like to pick a favourite out of these stories. They are all excellent, but I think I enjoyed Rumpole and the New Year's Resolutions the best. The mistaken email that is sent to the new Director of Marketing by Soapy Sam is so funny, and the way that Rumpole deals with Ballard's embarassment is priceless. Not only that it's so realistic because this sort of thing happens with emails all the time. My only complaint is that these stories end too soon. I love Rumpole, and reading his books is a huge high for me. Never once does Mortimer ever let his characters slip from their own reality. They are true blue throughout each book, and this makes them appear so real. Mortimer is a master storyteller.
 Worthy successors August 1, 2007
I have been a Rumpole fan for many years, and although I agree that these stories are not quite up to some of the earlier stories, I still find them highly enjoyable.
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