{"product_id":"book-c5we","title":"Rumpole of the Bailey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis first title in the popular mystery series by playwright and novelist John 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 opportune 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis selection includes six short stories: \u003ci\u003eRumpole and the Younger Generation\u003c\/i\u003e; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Rumpole lives as flagrantly on the page as on the box, a fruity, foxy masterpiece, defender of our wilting faith in mankind.”\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49392694526256,"sku":"BDc5we","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/666535-c5we-Square.jpg?v=1735327410","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c5we","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}