num_pages: 256
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.
language: English
title: Clinging to the Wreckage: A Part of Life
titlecomplete: Clinging to the Wreckage: A Part of Life
genres: Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Humor, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 330
publisher: Penguin Books