The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people such as the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers.

An exquisitely produced jewel of a book.. [but] beneath the tasteful gilt-and-beige cover seethes a savagely Swiftian indignation against stupidity, Philistinism and arrogance in public places, and a passionate argument for the civilising power of art. -- Jane Shilling * The Times *
...a masterpiece of comic brevity. -- Robert McCrum * The Observer *

Alan Bennett's many stage and television plays and his prose collection, Writing Home, have made him one of Britain's best-loved authors. He has a huge international reputation for his plays and films which include: Habeus Corpus, Kafka's Dick, Private Function, The Madness of George III and many others - often multi-prize winning.

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ISBN 13	9781846680496
ISBN 10	1846680492
Title	The Uncommon Reader
Author	Alan Bennett
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2007-09-06
Number of pages	128
Prizes	Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2008, Short-listed for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2008
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