The summer of a dormouse
Subtitle: another part of life
By: John Mortimer.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, usa
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Mortimer, John Clifford, 1923-; Mortimer, John Clifford, 1923- -- Travel; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Aging
Genres: Biography.
Description: Taking as his title Byron's description of what life is ("a mere summer of a dormouse"), John Mortimer describes what it is like to be 75 years of age, and feel 11. He has all of the afflictions that his father had at this age, but retains all his youthful enthusiasm.