# Clinging to the Wreckage

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- Book: [Clinging to the Wreckage](https://www.bookquiver.com/johnnie-mortimer/clinging-to-the-wreckage) ([Clinging to the Wreckage.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/johnnie-mortimer/clinging-to-the-wreckage.md))
- Authors: [Johnnie Mortimer](https://www.bookquiver.com/johnnie-mortimer)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4006-383-7
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2001-11-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Clinging to the Wreckage is the first and most celebrated volume of John Mortimer's memoirs. It recounts with great wit and style his peculier childhood in the Chilterns - the only son of a blind, poetry-spouting barrister and his devoted wife - followed by the author's own experiences in the law. A bestseller in its day, the book remains one of Mortimer's greatest achievements.