Rumpole and the Primrose Path Author:John Clifford Mortimer With Rumpole Rests His Case, legions of fans welcomed back the curmudgeonly London barrister they had loved for yearsand they are eager for more. The six new stories in Rumpole and the Primrose Path find Horace Rumpoledespite a heart attack that left him at deaths door in the previous volumedeftly parr... more »ying everything from the admonitions of his wife, Hilda, to the vagaries of his legal colleagues and their new director of marketing, Luci. With her cell phone, corporate jargon, glossy brochures, and plans to give their chambers a new image, Luci presumes Rumpole is soon to expire, and has been planning his memorial service. But the witty and irreverent Rumpole, sharp as ever, is far from hanging up his wig!« less