{"product_id":"the-trials-of-rumpole-by-john-mortimer-9780241474433","title":"The Trials of Rumpole","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother collection of stories about the irrepressible barrister Horace Rumpole comes to Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trials of Rumpole\u003c\/i\u003e sees Horace Rumpole, the irrepressible barrister fuelled by cigars, Tennyson, steak-and-kidney pud and the cooking claret from Pommeroy's wine bar, returning for further misadventures. Amid an unfortunate and temporary downturn in London crime, the Old Bailey hack sits in Chambers (he never writes at home for fear of She Who Must Be Obeyed) and picks up his pen to recount six classic tales of his recent trials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere he deals with, among others, a clergyman on a shoplifting rampage, a backstage theatrical murder, a villain with unfortunate sartorial taste and, worst of all, the possibility that he may have to hang up his wig and retire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46250160128236,"sku":"9780241474433","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241474433.jpg?v=1741554133","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-trials-of-rumpole-by-john-mortimer-9780241474433","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}