Mortimer, distinguished playwright, novelist and former barrister, ponders on the trials of old age and regales us with gossipy anecdotes about famous actors, writers, lawyers and politicians as well as ordinary people he has known and the idiosyncrasies of the British legal system. Never afraid to tell a joke against himself, he recounts throwing his radio on a bonfire and other assorted mishaps in a gently humorous way that I enjoyed very much.
(Wendy Swann - bwl 36 September 2006 ) |
