Hawk is one of several individuals who share their wisdom in the book, in which Mortimer brings together fellow ...

An exhibition celebrating the 50-year milestone for Smith College's Mortimer Rare Book Room is on display through Dec. 20. The “A Room of Our Own” exhibit is on the third floor of the Neilson Library ...

From British man of letters Mortimer ( Paradise Postponed ; Rumpole of the Bailey ), this is an early novel, published in England in 1954. It's a delicate tale of a marriage shaken by the death, ...

Martin Antonetti, curator of rare books, shows a class The Mortimer Rare Book Room's largest manuscript, which is from the 15th century. (Jim Gipe photo) NORTHAMPTON –The Mortimer Rare Book Room at ...

Mr. Mortimer was a barrister, author, playwright and the creator of Horace Rumpole, the cunning defender of the British criminal classes. By Helen T. Verongos John Mortimer, who died on Friday at 85, ...

The protagonist of Penelope Mortimer’s 1958 novel, Daddy’s Gone a-Hunting, is a 37-year-old housewife named Ruth, who is sliding into a madness of midlife suffocation and despair. Alone in her kitchen ...

Comedian Bob Mortimer has delved deeper into the fruit bowl for the follow-up to his bestselling debut novel, The Satsuma Complex. The Hotel Avocado is a stunning sequel, filled with his trademark ...