Rumpole A La Carte

by John Mortimer | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0140156097 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingjudygreeneyeswing of San Diego, California USA on 1/24/2013
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4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by wingjudygreeneyeswing from San Diego, California USA on Thursday, January 24, 2013
"Nothing links person to person like the frequent passage from hand to hand of a good book."
I picked this book up to send as a holiday surprise.

Journal Entry 2 by wingjudygreeneyeswing at San Diego, California USA on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Released 11 yrs ago (1/27/2013 UTC) at San Diego, California USA

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To tabby-cat-owner, as a late gift for HGG2012! Enjoy!

Release #17 of 26 in memory of the children and adults who died at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Connecticut in 2012.

Journal Entry 3 by wingjudygreeneyeswing at San Diego, California USA on Saturday, April 6, 2013

Released 10 yrs ago (4/7/2013 UTC) at San Diego, California USA

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This book was returned to me in the mail, but I am bravely sending it back out to tabby-cat-owner, hoping it gets delivered this time!

Journal Entry 4 by tabby-cat-owner at Phoenix, Arizona USA on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
I received this in the mail from judygreeneyes of California as a RABCK.

Thank you so much for sending this to me, judygreeneyes. I find Rumpole very entertaining.

Journal Entry 5 by tabby-cat-owner at Phoenix, Arizona USA on Friday, October 7, 2016
I loved the stories. They were amusing and the ending was usually surprising. Even though the same characters appear consistently in the Rumpole stories, you do not have to have read previous books to enjoy the stories independently.

Journal Entry 6 by tabby-cat-owner at book ring/ray, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, February 16, 2017

Released 7 yrs ago (2/16/2017 UTC) at book ring/ray, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases

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This book has been mailed to the next participant in the ABC Bookring--Books beginning with the Letter R.

Journal Entry 7 by wingDove-i-Libriwing at Fort Myers, Florida USA on Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Arrived with IwillRejoice's ABC Bookring--Books beginning with the Letter R. (Link)

From Amazon.com "... Here are six delightful tales featuring everyone’s favorite barrister for the defense, Horace Rumpole. Eccentric characters such as his wife, Hilda, otherwise known as “She Who Must Be Obeyed," and his philandering colleague Claude Erskine-Brown are back as Rumpole visits a snooty restaurant where he engages in a battle of wills over his adored mashed spuds, takes the unaccustomed role of prosecutor, and ventures - unwillingly - onto a ship, where he confronts, of all things, a detective novelist.

Included are “Rumpole à la Carte,” “Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent,” “Rumpole and the Right to Silence,” “Rumpole at Sea,” “Rumpole and the Quacks,” and “Rumpole for the Prosecution.”

This masterly blend of humor and mystery makes for irresistible reading.

About the author: John Mortimer (1923-2009) was a playwright, novelist, and barrister. He wrote many radio, film, and television scripts, including the British television series Rumpole of the Bailey, and won the British Academy Writer of the Year Award in 1979. He retired from the bar in 1984 and was knighted in 1998 ...


January 25, 2018: Plucked off of Mount TBR. On the short list. Will use this book as part of my Reduce Mount TBR Challenge.

Aug 17, 2020: What fun! Set aside now for a RABCK, and for Booklady331's KTM Release Challenge!

May 16, 2022: Offered as RABCK at Dove-i-Libri's 2022 RABCK Thread (Link)

Journal Entry 8 by wingDove-i-Libriwing at ~ RABCK ~, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Monday, May 16, 2022

Released 1 yr ago (5/16/2022 UTC) at ~ RABCK ~, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA

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Off to Waldwick, NJ to visit spoiledrotten's husband. Mr spoiledrotten? Released as part of Booklady331's KTM Challenge (Link) and Dove-i-Libri's 2022 RABCK Thread and as part of motherof11's 2022 RABCK challenge (Link).

☺ Happy Traveling, Book! ☺

USPS Tracking Number: 9500 1154 1316 2136 6062 62

Journal Entry 9 by wingspoiledrottenwing at Waldwick, New Jersey USA on Thursday, May 19, 2022
Rumpole is now in NJ. Hubby has started reading it already.

Journal Entry 10 by wingspoiledrottenwing at Waldwick, New Jersey USA on Monday, June 13, 2022
Husband enjoyed about half of these stories.

Journal Entry 11 by wingspoiledrottenwing at Little free library in Waldwick, New Jersey USA on Monday, June 13, 2022

Released 1 yr ago (6/12/2022 UTC) at Little free library in Waldwick, New Jersey USA

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Left in the little free library by the train station.

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