Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

John Mortimer

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English

Penguin
01 September 2008

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

John Mortimer's Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders sees our eponymous hero tackle his first ever case. It is just after the war and two RAF heroes are found shot dead. Simon Jerold, the son of one of the victims, is the only suspect and young Rumpole is given the hopeless task of defending him. But Rumpole is determined to save his client from the gallows and make a name for himself. His bid to do so opens the first chapter in the story of the law's finest comic creation.

By: John Mortimer
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: export ed
Dimensions: Height: 181mm, Width: 111mm,
ISBN: 9780141037530
ISBN 10: 0141037539
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 September 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

A master storyteller. John Carey Kadare brilliantly recreates the atmosphere of shadowy fear, rumours and recrimination in Albania... a mesmerically readable parable about the abuse of state power. Observer Suffused with the power of thought and feeling... Above all, Kadare creates a haunting sense of the absurd. The Sunday Times Dream and reality melt together, as in Kafka, making it difficult to identify where the nightmares really begin. Misha Glenny, The Times