Rumpole's Return

''A fruity, foxy masterpiece, defender of our wilting faith in mankind'' Sunday Times

Horace Rumpole is in a strange state that could only be described as a kind of air-conditioned purgatory: he has retired to Florida with his wife, Hilda (She Who Must Be Obeyed). It is safely assumed the Old Bailey hack''s wig has been hung up for good. But when a rather unkempt civil servant is mixed up in the my...