By an amazing coincidence, I am, at this very moment, reading "Paradise Postponed," a novel by John Mortimer who died this morning. The headline in the NY Times is wonderful: "John Mortimer, Creator of Rumpole." I've always loved the Rumpole mysteries, both written and Leo McKerned, but I'd never read any of his novels. So far, I like Rumpole better. There's not much of a better tribute, I would think, than to know that something you created will remain after you have gone. Leo McKern is dead and John Mortimer is dead, but Rumpole will live on.
Friday, January 16, 2009
And one more...
By an amazing coincidence, I am, at this very moment, reading "Paradise Postponed," a novel by John Mortimer who died this morning. The headline in the NY Times is wonderful: "John Mortimer, Creator of Rumpole." I've always loved the Rumpole mysteries, both written and Leo McKerned, but I'd never read any of his novels. So far, I like Rumpole better. There's not much of a better tribute, I would think, than to know that something you created will remain after you have gone. Leo McKern is dead and John Mortimer is dead, but Rumpole will live on.
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