JasonKoivu

Rumpole and the Age of Miracles was so enjoyable I was tempted to give 5 stars to this collection of stories about a sarcastic, curmudgeonly but clever old barrister. However, each one is just a little too cookie cutter similar to the others, so the book as a whole loses one star for repetitiveness.

These short tales from the barrister's life at the Old Bailey and doing battle with "She Who Must Be Obeyed" (his wife) were derived from scripts Mortimer had written for the successful television series "Rumpole of the Bailey", which aired from the late '70s to early '90s. Therefore, if you're seen the show, you've seen these stories.

All the same, Mortimer pens some highly entertaining light reading, so if I was forced to read a "repeat" over and over, I'd do worse than to read about defense attorney Rumpole's uncanny ability to unearth the real criminal and get his clients off time and again!