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Rumpole and the Angel of Death

by John Mortimer · 1995

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Horace Rumpole, the comic, courageous, and corpulent "great defender of muddled and sinful humanity," is joined by a winning cast of villains and victims in this collection of six tales in which wry humor and sparkling wit deftly send up the British legal system.

Genre
British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 260 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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