The Law and Fiction from Rumpole himself
Well, not exactly the Rumpole, but his creator, John Mortimer. The WSJ (love those initials) has his top five works of fiction dealing with the Anglo-American legal system. Shakespeare is on the list, as is Trollope, and Dickens (twice) and the only living 20th century author, P. D. James who turned the detective novel into real literature. She's also the author of Children of Men by the way. A very impressive author.
posted by Clemens @ 1:06 PM
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I concur!
Hmm. I've read one of those books and seen TV adaptations of two others. I guess that's a pretty good score but I'll have to do better.
Me too, the PD James novel. I'll have to get busy with Trollope and Dickens.
Shakespeare's court scene in "Merchant of Venice" is worthwhile too.
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