THE SOUND OF TRUMPETS
by JOHN MORTIMER
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670878618
- ISBN 13
- 9780670878611
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a first American edition (1999) of The Sound of Trumpets, the third novel of the Rapstone Chronicles, written by the English writer John Mortimer (1923-2009). Mortimer is best known as the creator of Rumpole; all of his books were best-sellers.
This is a wicked satire of modern politics and morality wars. Laying low since he and his beloved Maggie Thatcher were removed from office, Lord Titmuss has been waiting for an opportunity to return from his political grave and exact his revenge on the Tories who betrayed him. His chance comes with the arrival of New Labour hopeful Terry Flitton, a principled, centrist politician whose thirst for power is matched only by his political naivete. Who better to school him in the arts of political maneuvering than a seasoned veteran with an ax to grind?
This copy has one small dogear and minor discoloration to the white (unclipped) dust jacket.
It is otherwise in mint condition.
Synopsis
John Mortimer is a playwright, novelist, and former practicing barrister who has written many film scripts as well as stage, radio, and television plays, the Rumpole plays, for which he received the British Academy Writer of the Year Award, and the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited . He is the author of twelve collections of Rumpole stories and three acclaimed volumes of autobiography.
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- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1446
- Title
- THE SOUND OF TRUMPETS
- Author
- JOHN MORTIMER
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670878618
- ISBN 13
- 9780670878611
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 273
- Keywords
- Rapstone Chronicles, Lord Titmuss, Labour Party
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor and Satire; Politics; British Fiction;
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