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Rumpole misbehaves

The next novel in the Rumpole series from the beloved and bestselling master of the court The Rumpole novels have garnered legions of fans who show no sign of abandoning their favorite curmudgeonly British barrister. Now in Rumpole Misbehaves, our hero takes on nothing less than the New Labour government when their ridiculous new Anti- Social Behavior Orders land a Timson child in front of the bench for playing soccer on a posh London street. However, Rumpole quickly discovers that the complainant is hiding some nefarious secrets of her own. As he investigates the murder of a prostitute with links to white slavery and unscrupulous dealings in a government department, Rumpole must also wrangle with his fellow barristers as they threaten him with an ASBO for bringing food, wine, and small cigars into his room in chambers.

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  • "Anti-social behaviour of Horace Rumpole"@en

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  • "The next novel in the Rumpole series from the beloved and bestselling master of the court The Rumpole novels have garnered legions of fans who show no sign of abandoning their favorite curmudgeonly British barrister. Now in Rumpole Misbehaves, our hero takes on nothing less than the New Labour government when their ridiculous new Anti- Social Behavior Orders land a Timson child in front of the bench for playing soccer on a posh London street. However, Rumpole quickly discovers that the complainant is hiding some nefarious secrets of her own. As he investigates the murder of a prostitute with links to white slavery and unscrupulous dealings in a government department, Rumpole must also wrangle with his fellow barristers as they threaten him with an ASBO for bringing food, wine, and small cigars into his room in chambers."@en
  • "Anti-Social Behavior Orders, commonly known as ASBOs, are the New Labour government's pride and joy. A child who plays soccer or even loiters in an unfriendly street can, on the complaint of neighbors, have an ASBO slapped on him. If he offends again, he'll be found in breach of his ASBD and thrown in jail without a trial. All this, of course, raises the wrath of everyone's favorite barrister, Horace Rumpole, when he is called upon to defend a Timson child who has earned an ASBO for playing soccer on a posh street." "Rumpole quickly discovers that this apparently trivial case has links with the murder of a prostitute in a London flat and some nefarious dealings in a government department. As Rumpole tries to get to the bottom of it all, his fellow barristers in chambers highlight the ridiculousness of ASBOs by citing Rumpole for bringing food and his beloved wine into his room, and, of all things, for causing global warming by lighting small cigars."
  • "His ire raised by a series of procedural abuses through which children have been imprisoned without trial for innocent activities, barrister Horace Rumpole defends a youth who has been targeted for playing on a posh street."
  • "His ire raised by a series of procedural abuses through which children have been imprisoned without trial for innocent activities, barrister Horace Rumpole defends a youth who has been targeted for playing on a posh street."@en

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  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Legal stories"
  • "Legal stories"@en

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  • "Rumpole misbehaves"
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  • "Rumpole misbehaves : [The anti-social behaviour of Horace Rumpole]"
  • "Rumpole misbehaves : a novel"@en
  • "Rumpole misbehaves : a novel"

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