The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett

The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett

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Paperback version of this story by Alan Bennett, which follows its release as an audio in November 1997. Witty and observant, this is the tale of the Ransomes, an elderly couple who have almost everything they own stolen.

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The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett

The Clothes They Stood Up In is Alan Bennett's first story. Like Charles Dickens' novels which were first published in magazines, it originally appeared in the London Review of Books - which the author says 'seems to me (and not just because I occasionally contribute to it) the liveliest, most serious and also the most radical literary periodical we have'.
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 â? often multi-prize winning. But it is his fiction (The Clothes They Stood Up In
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ISBN 13 9781861970909
ISBN 10 1861970900
Title The Clothes They Stood Up In
Author Alan Bennett
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Year published 1998-07-06
Number of pages 112
Prizes Short-listed for WH Smith Annual Literary Award 1999, Short-listed for WH Smith Literary Prize 1999
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.