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Clinging to the Wreckage A Part of Life Download Ç 0 review Clinging to the Wreckage A Part of Life In this spirited memoir John Mortimer an esteemed barrister as well as novelist playwright and journalist relates all the paradoxes and pleasures of his double lifeWith wit and style Mr Mortimer takes you from his unusual ch. Really well done autobio by the author of most notably the Rumpole of the Bailey courtroom dramedy series Mortimer was a heck of a writer and it doesn t seem to matter what format he worked in This autobio will be a hit for fans of his I enjoyed this look at his life from childhood through his early years in the entertainment industry up until he began work as a barrister and eventually turned his focus towards criminal law Some might be disappointed at the lack of Rumpole related stories meaning Mortimer doesn t speak much about the court cases and situations he found himself which inspired his most popular writing However when you step back and analyze the development of him as a person you get a fairly clear picture of how the character of Rumpole was developed For me that alone would have been worth reading Clinging to the Wreckage however Mortimer s wit was what boosted my rating to the full 5 stars Like most Englishmen if he s not busy poking fun at life it means he s probably dead

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Clinging to the Wreckage A Part of Life Download Ç 0 review Clinging to the Wreckage A Part of Life Ildhood his father a blind barrister insisted that his wife read the sordid details of his divorce briefs in public to the dilemmas of his life as a barrister one of his clients indignantly declared Your Mr Rumpole could hav. As Mortimer describes his life at home with his blind barrister father a man who comes across as domineering and in a way that perhaps only the infirm can achieve horribly selfish and his uiet patient mother who served him in so many ways perhaps sacrificing herself for the sake of her son he recounts episodes from the different periods of his life Harrow and Oxford the bar and the theatre as well as his first marriage He does so with great bemusement and detachment the lucid indifference of Camus Myth of Sisyphus but underneath I felt a tone of deep sadness not self pity but pained wonder at the caprice and brutality that blows through all our lives If I had to face a judge at my life s end who would pass sentence on my deeds and misdeeds I would want Mortimer I think he would understand Highly recommended for fans of Rumpole or anyone over 40 who wonders about life

Clinging to the Wreckage A Part of Life Download Ç 0 review Clinging to the Wreckage A Part of Life E gotten me out of this why the hell can't youFilled with laughter and a sense of the absurd Clinging to the Wreckage makes it clear why John Mortimer has been called Noel Coward P G Wodehouse and Evelyn Waugh rolled into on. Some of his sentences can be convoluted but they are bright and insightful He made me laugh He made me cry I keep going back to revel in the construction of his stories his delivery his impact