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Indlæser... The Second Rumpole Omnibus (Rumpole) (original 1987; udgave 1988)af John Mortimer
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Horace Rumpole presents himself as just an Old Bailey hack doing run-of-the-mill burglary defenses and the odd car-heist case. In reality he defends the best in the Anglo-American legal traditions against modern forces (for example, the presumption of innocence) - and this was written 20+ years ago! Rumpole is the lovable defender of the average man and foe to all stick-in-the-muds. His motto "Never plead guilty." It could just as well be comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Hilarious, warm, human, touching, self-effacing and ever-ready to pierce the pompous gasbag - that's Rumpole of the Bailey. Start with the First Rumpole Omnibus and work your way through the rest. Guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and warm your heart ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Belongs to SeriesRumpole of the Bailey (4-6) Indeholdt iIndeholderRumpole and the Expert Witness [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Dear Departed [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Rotten Apple [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Boat People [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Genuine Article [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Old Boy Net [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Female of the Species [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Last Resort [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Golden Thread [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Sporting Life [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Blind Tasting [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Old, Old Story [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Official Secret [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole and the Winter Break [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Rumpole's Last Case [short story] af John Mortimer (indirekte) Er en tilpasning af
Twenty tales featuring beloved barrister Horace Rumpole as he turns down yet another invitation to exchange the joys and sorrows of life as an Old Bailey hack for the delights of the Sunshine State, where senior citizens loll on beaches and the sarcastic tones of the Mad Bull (Judge Roger Bullingham) are heard no more-settling instead for the beaded bubbles of Chateau Pommeroy's ordinary claret, the domestic chill emanating from She Who Must Be Obeyed, and his role extraordinaire as Defender of the Faith: "Never Plead Guilty." Book jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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The stories in “Rumoole for the Defence,” “Rumpole and the Golden Thread” and “Rumpole’s Last Case” do begin to seem a bit predictable when read one after the other, yet that hardly makes them less entertaining. Rumpole is just such an endearing character, sort of like Peter Falk's Columbo, that we don't really care if the stories all seem to follow a similar pattern.
Yet there are exceptions. In "Rumpole and the Winter Break," the briefest story in the book, the aging barrister must take Hilda, better known as She Who Must Be Obeyed, on a vacation that he promised her if he won his case defending a suspected wife murderer. Rumpole never expects to win that case and is greatly surprised when he does. And even bigger surprise happens on their vacation.
Sometimes, as in "Rumpole and the Golden Thread," he successfully defends a client, then discovers that client actually wanted to be found guilty.
In "Rumpole's Last Case," he gets racing tip that he is convinced will allow him to retire with enough money to allow him and Hilda to live comfortably for the rest of their lives. Things don't quite work as he plans, which itself is predictable. What may come as a surprise is just how his "last case" becomes only the last case in the book.
No less interesting than Rumpole's courtroom successes are his life with Hilda and with his associates in his law firm. In most of these stories, his life outside the courtrooms in some way parallels his current case.
Leo McKern played Rumpole in the long-running BBC/PBS series based on Mortimer's stories, and it is impossible to read them without seeing McKern in one's mind. It was a character he was born to play. ( )