CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE - Couverture souple

Mortimer, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141193840 ISBN 13 : 9780141193847

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2010

Synopsis

Clinging to the Wreckage Part of the author's autobiography, this first title recounts his solitary childhood in the English countryside, with affectionate portraits of his remote parents - an increasingly unconventional barrister father, whose blindness must never be mentioned, battling earwigs in the mutinous garden, and a vague and endlessly patient mother. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Clinging to the Wreckage is the first part of John Mortimer's acclaimed autobiography. Here he recounts his solitary childhood in the English countryside, with affectionate portraits of his remote parents - an increasingly unconventional barrister father, whose blindness must never be mentioned, battling earwigs in the mutinous garden, and a vague and endlessly patient mother. As a boy dreaming of a tap-dancing career on the stage and forming a one-boy communist cell at boarding school, his father pushes him to pursue the law, where Mortimer embarks on the career that was to inspire his hilarious and immortal literary creations. Told with great humour and touching honesty, this is a magnificent achievement by one of Britain's best-loved writers.

Biographie de l'auteur

John Mortimer (1923 - 2009) was a novelist, playwright and barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels (Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained, and The Sound of Trumpets) featuring Leslie Titmuss. Sir John received a CBE in 1986 and a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0141193840
• ISBN 13: 9780141193847
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 256