Timothy West

In 1968, Rose sets off for the United States to meet a man she knows as Washington Harold. In a country rocked by rising violence, they join forces in search of the elusive Dr Wheeler, whom Rose credits with rescuing her from a terrible childhood.

Told with Amis's piercing wit and humanity, 'Ending Up' is a wickedly funny black comedy of the indignities of old age.

Rumpole and the Old Boy Net: With the help of his new pupil, Miss Phillida Trant, Rumpole must defend Mr Napier Lee, who is charged with blackmail. But the alleged victim of the blackmail went to public school with the defendant, and Mr Lee won't sneak on his old school chum... Rumpole and the Sleeping Partners: After a legal ball in the Savoy Hotel, Rumpole and Hilda argue about Rumpole's drunken behaviour and Rumpole decides to sleep the night on...