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Publisher's Summary

Back in the harness after his abortive retirement to Florida, Rumpole glories in the mushroom pie, rainy day life of the Old Bailey. Here he spars with some old familiars like the venomous Judge Bullingham, and makes the acquaintance of some fresh foes. Six stories.
©1981 Advanpress Ltd. (P)1991 Recorded Books, LLC

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