
Quite Honestly
John Mortimer(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 6. October 2005
Audio
CD-Audio
978-0-14-180664-8 (ISBN)
Description
Life couldn't be better for Lucinda Purefoy. Granted it's a little embarrassing, her father being the Bishop of Aldershot, but she's got a steady boyfriend, a degree in social sciences from Manchester University and the offer of a job in advertising. With all that, she felt she should 'pay back her debt to society' and 'do a little good in the world'. That's why she joined SCRAP (short for 'Social Carers, Reformers and Praeceptors'), an organization which trains girls like Lucy to become the 'guide, philosopher and friend' to ex-convicts coming out of prison, to find them a job, a home and to encourage them to kick the habit of stealing things. And so Lucy finds herself standing outside the gates of Wormwood Scrubs, on a windy March morning, waiting to greet her first SCRAP 'client', a career-burglar called Terry Keegan. What happens next confounds expectations and produces a story full of surprises. With a cast of characters that rivals anything in his famous Rumpole stories and a compulsive plot, Quite Honestly is a wonderfully comic novel, packed with John Mortimer's entertaining reflections on crime.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
US School Grade: Twelfth Grade and over, Interest Age: From 18 years
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
Audio CD
Dimensions
Height: 146 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Duration
Dauer: 180 min
Weight
178 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-180664-8 (9780141806648)
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Persons
John Mortimer is a novelist, playwright and former practising barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels (Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets) featuring Leslie Titmuss. Sir John received a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998.