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  • Rumpole's Last Case

  • By: John Mortimer
  • Narrated by: Bill Wallis
  • Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (185 ratings)
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Rumpole's Last Case

By: John Mortimer
Narrated by: Bill Wallis
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Summary

The irrepressible, audacious defence barrister Horace Rumpole is back with seven marvelous stories by John Mortimer. The much loved stories were adapted from his scripts for the hugely popular TV series of the same name.

©1987 John Mortimer (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Bill Wallis is perfect as the dry-witted and clever Rumpole... The brilliance of this audio is in the voices Wallis uses to portray each individual, displaying a wide range of dialects and accents so seamless and so suited to each that the listener will forget that only one person is doing the narration. Rumpole's asides, internal meanderings, and quotations of poetry and other commentary are conveyed with the humor they deserve in this thoroughly enjoyable collection." (AudioFile)

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Rumpole's Last Case

The Rumpole series is absolutely brilliant and, having listened to some other versions, I would recommend that you always go for the ones read by Bill Wallis who IS Rumpole as per the television series. John Mortimer is one of the wittiest writers (or was, sadly) and Rumpole's antics will have you laughing out loud!

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Rumpole, My Rumpole

Was driving from Manchester to Aberdeen and wanted some easy listening, saw Rumpole and thought i liked the TV series so why not, funniest thing I’ve heard for years even sat in the car for a further 20 minutes on arrival at the hotel to finish a story.

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Best Rumpole.

Every character has an authentic and consistent voice - male, female, from anywhere in the UK and beyond, and from all social backgrounds - Bill Wallis makes them all real. The books are more solid than the TV scripts from which they developed, funnier, more nuanced, and not subject to our horror at revisiting the unfortunate fashions/hairstyles/interior decor of 1978-1992! Ideas last longer. My only real gripe - chapters often don't correspond to stories, making it harder to find the point at which one fell asleep, listening in bed.

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Pure bliss

Listening to this is like double cream on strawberries - nothing new or surprising but utterly delightful. A wonderful way to spend a few hours.

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Grim

Awful narration , spoken far too fast. Couldn't finish it. Oh well, better check next time

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The narrator is tremendous

great stories read in such a thoroughly excellent way, capturing the nuances of each character too a tee.

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Superb

I have quite a few Rumpole audiobooks and never get tired of listening to them. The narrator is superb!

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Excellent!

Brilliant reading. I love Bill Wallis’ voices, and he’s perfect for Rumpole, very dry. He sounds just like a friend of mine, also a defence lawyer. Very, very funny, Rumpole would be great company.

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brilliant bow out.

been a lover of rumpole for years,never disappointed. bill wallis's character voices are brilliant. definitely would recommend

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Very good stories . A must have!

Not at all a problem to follow. An easy deliverance read by the great Bill Wallis!

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