{"product_id":"2026100012929-secondhand-rumpoles-return","title":"Rumpole's Return","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorace Rumpole, the rumpled, claret-loving Old Bailey hack, is back — and London's criminal courts will never be quite the same again. In Rumpole's Return, John Mortimer reunites readers with their favourite barrister as he is drawn out of a sun-baked Florida retirement and back into the fray of the English legal system, summoned by a case too intriguing — and too unjust — to ignore. The novel chronicles Rumpole's irresistible return to the courtroom, where he must once again pit his formidable wit against pompous judges, hapless solicitors, and the ever-disapproving She Who Must Be Obeyed.\n\nMortimer's genius lies in his ability to skewer the British establishment with surgical precision while keeping his prose warm, comic, and deeply humane. Originally adapted as a Thames Television production, the story illustrates why Rumpole endures as one of fiction's most beloved legal minds — a champion of the underdog who quotes Wordsworth in his defence, argues passionately for the presumption of innocence, and conducts his battles armed with little more than instinct, rhetoric, and a large glass of Château Thames Embankment. For anyone who has ever rooted for the underdog in an unfair fight, this is essential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948317905115,"sku":"2026100012929-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8741f3ae-af4a-4af2-9c04-c48116cdb444.png?v=1793104662","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012929-secondhand-rumpoles-return","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}