The Summer of a Dormouse : A Year of Growing Old Disgracefully

Well aware that no one should grow old who isn't prepared to look ridiculous, John Mortimer, unrepentant septuagenarian and creator of Horace Rumpole and Leslie Titmuss, resigns himself to the fact that the putting on of socks should be left to the young. Yet despite his body's angry protestations, he is determined to continue enjoying the fruits of a long life supremely dedicated to pleasure. Here, he tells the poignant and wonderfully funny account of a year spent growing old disgracefully