Rumpole of the Bailey Audiobook by John Mortimer, read by Leo McKern

Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer and performed by Leo McKern.
Horace Rumpole is a British barrister (lawyer) who defends criminals at the bailey (courthouse). Rumpole is old, overweight, smokes, drinks, and does the best he can for his clients. He's intelligent, humorous, and cynical. He wins some, he loses some.
This audiobook contains the first, second, and fourth stories of Rumpole written by John Mortimer who was a barrister himself. They include:
1. Rumpole and the Younger Generation
2. Rumpole and the Alternative Society
3. Rumpole and the Married Lady
Now sit back and enter the world of British criminal law. Enjoy!

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John Mortimer (1923-2009) was himself a barrister. Among other things, he defended clients from obscenty prosecutions including Virgin Records for putting out a record album in 1977 that had the word "Bullocks" on the cover. That album was Never my the Bullocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. It's a angry, controversial, headbanging album. Four decades later the lead singer, Johnny Rotten, was the Jester on Masked Singer. He made the appearance in order to bring a smile to his wife whose personhood and health are disappearing due to dementia.

Leo McKern (1920-2002) Was an Australian actor who not only read this audiobook but also played Horace Rumpole on TV for which he is best known. For fans of the bizarre TV show The Prisoner, Mr. McKern played Number 2, and for horror fans, he played an uncredited role in the first two Omen movies. As for Great Books On Tape fans, Leo McKern gives a terrific performance on A Town Like Alice which, when I last checked, was first in popularity on this channel.

P.S. Rumpole often refers to his wife of many years as "She who must be obeyed." This came from a title given to a mysterious goddess by local villagers in a famous adventure book titled She by H. Rider Haggard. It's a good read though with Victorian attitudes towards natives. It seems a common human failing to look down our noses at certain groups of people. Well, I'd be more critical if I didn't have so many faults of my own.