# 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_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4006-860-3
- Pages: 224
- Published: 1984-01-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this spirited memoir John Mortimer, an esteemed barrister as well as novelist, playwright, and journalist, relates all the paradoxes and pleasures of his double life. With wit and style, Mr. Mortimer...