{"product_id":"clinging-to-the-wreckage-another-part-of-life-9780140068603","title":"Clinging to the Wreckage: Another Part of Life","description":"In this spirited memoir \u003cb\u003eJohn Mortimer\u003c\/b\u003e, an esteemed barrister as well as novelist, playwright, and journalist, relates all the paradoxes and pleasures of his double life.\u003cp\u003eWith wit and style, Mr. Mortimer takes you from his unusual childhood (his father, a blind barrister, insisted that his wife read the sordid details of his divorce briefs in public) to the dilemmas of his life as a barrister (one of his clients indignantly declared, \"Your Mr. Rumpole could have gotten me out of this, why the hell can't you!\").\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with laughter and a sense of the absurd, \u003cb\u003eClinging to the Wreckage\u003c\/b\u003e makes it clear why \u003cb\u003eJohn Mortimer\u003c\/b\u003e has been called \u003cb\u003eNoel Coward, P. G. Wodehouse\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e rolled into one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140068603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.11w x 0.43d","brand":"John Mortimer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45096893612213,"sku":"9780140068603","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cd4db43a-ea07-4d77-8a40-a283cbf83666.jpg?v=1739282614","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/clinging-to-the-wreckage-another-part-of-life-9780140068603","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}