Rumpole of the Bailey

93416 (6 cassettes/8.5 hours). Copyright 1978 by Advanpress Ltd. P 1993 by Recorded Books, Inc. Cover art by Dan Sweetman; C 1993 by Recorded Books, Inc. By arrangement with Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. ISBN 1-55690-920-9. "This first title in the popular mystery series by palywright and novelist, an Mortimer, features Horace Rumpole, an English barrister who stands before the jury with the flourish of a Shakespearean actor and the ingenuity of a Sherlock Holmes, Rumpole...expert on bloodstains and fingerprint forgery...who has a wit so dry and razor sharp that most of his duller colleagues miss its cutting edge entirely; who prefers, nay depends upon a daily nip of Pommeroy's ordinary claret; who recites Matthew Arnold at the most inopportune of moments (such as when his wife Hilda, alias "She Who Must Be Obeyed" requests a new set of slipcovers); and who disdains privilege at the very moment he is most enjoying it. This selection includes six short stories: Rumpole and the Younger Generation; Rumpole and the Alternative Society; Rumpole and the Honourable Member; Rumpole and the Married Lady; Rumpole and the Learned Friends; and Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade. "Rumpole lives as flagrantly on the page as on the box, a fruity, foxy masterpiece, defender of our wilting faith in mankind."---New York Times. (from backcover)