John Mortimer
Description
Set in a nappy-infested flat in Belsize Park in the late 1950s. Henry Winter is a struggling young barrister, who is also struggling to cultivate his
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writing career. At the invitation of Sam Brown, an American film producer of somewhat hazy credentials, he starts work on a film-script about marriage. His own tempestuous marriage invades the project and sam becomes increasingly baffled by the attitude of Henry's wife, Katherine, whom he sums up early as a 'ball-cutter' - and indeed of Henry himself.
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