Quite Honestly - Softcover

Mortimer, John Clifford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143038648 ISBN 13: 9780143038641

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2007

Synopsis

From the creator of the Rumpole stories--a novel of middle-class do-gooding gone awry

Fans of John Mortimer and his popular Rumpole mysteries will love Quite Honestly, a comedy filled with a delightful cast of characters and Mortimer's unique and entertaining take on a life of crime. Life couldn't be better for Lucinda Purefoy--college educated, with a steady boyfriend and a job offer in advertising. With all this good fortune, isn't it appropriate for her to give something back to society? Armed with only good intentions, she joins Social Carers, Reformers and Praeceptors (SCRAP, for short), a misguided organization that recruits women to becomes guides, philosophers, and friends to ex-convicts coming out of prison. Once she meets her charge, Terry Keegan, the ensuing hilarity and mishaps produce a signature Mortimer tale, full of wit and surprise.

About this title

Product Description:

Unusual book

Review:

Mortimer is the master of a crisp, witty, eminently readable prose style. (Los Angeles Times)

Kick back and put yourself in the hands of a master. (Detroit Free Press)

No one is better than Mortimer at cataloging the thousand fusty eccentricities of English domestic and public life. . . . There is not a page that doesn't crackle with wit. (Newsday)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0143038648
• ISBN 13: 9780143038641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206