Clinging to the Wreckage
Author: Mortimer, John
ISBN: 9780140063837
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 24 Feb 1983
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
Clinging to the Wreckage is the first and most celebrated volume of John Mortimer's memoirs. It recounts with great wit and style his peculier childhood in the Chilterns - the only son of a blind, poetry-spouting barrister and his devoted wife - followed by the author's own experiences in the law. A bestseller in its day, the book remains one of Mortimer's greatest achievements.
ISBN: 9780140063837
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 24 Feb 1983
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
Clinging to the Wreckage is the first and most celebrated volume of John Mortimer's memoirs. It recounts with great wit and style his peculier childhood in the Chilterns - the only son of a blind, poetry-spouting barrister and his devoted wife - followed by the author's own experiences in the law. A bestseller in its day, the book remains one of Mortimer's greatest achievements.
