Where there's a will / John Mortimer
2003, First Edition. London : Viking. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #356331
ISBN: 0670913650
Physical description; x, 181 pages ; 24 cm. Contents; 1. Where There's a Will -- 2. Changing Your Life -- and 'The Man in Sneakers' -- 3. Getting Drunk -- 4. The Grand Perhaps -- 5. An Old Woman Cooking Eggs -- 6. The Domino Theory and the Tyranny of Majorities -- 7. Outdoor Sex -- 8. Shakespeare's Favourites -- 9. Listening -- 10. Believing in Something -- 11. Lying -- 12. The Companionship of Women -- 13. Causing Offence -- 14. Living with Children -- 15. Interesting Times -- 16. Timing and the Art of Advocacy -- 17. Male Clothing -- 18. Being Vulgar -- 19. The Marketplace -- 20. Law or Justice -- 21. Family Values -- 22. Missed Opportunities -- 23. Making a Fuss -- 24. Giving Money to Beggars -- 25. Eating Out -- 26. The Pursuit of Happiness -- 27. Looking after Your Health -- 28. Inventions and the Decline of Language -- 29. Avoiding Utopia -- 30. Fires Were Started -- 31. A Writer's Life -- 32. The Attestation Clause. Subjects; Mortimer, John (1923-2009) ; Anecdotes. Authors, English 20th century ; Anecdotes. Authors, English. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Lawyers Great Britain ; Biography. Genre; Anecdotes.
Price: €12.95