The Uncommon Reader
A Novella
by Alan Bennett

List Price: $15.00
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780374280963
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Alan Bennett has been one of England’s leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe, which brought him to New York in the 1980s. His work includes the Talking Heads television series and the stage plays Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, A Question of Attribution, and The Madness of George III. His debut novella, The Clothes They Stood Up In, was a Today Show Book Club Pick. His most recent play, The History Boys, won six Tony Awards, including Best Play. It was also released as a feature film. His memoir Untold Stories was a #1 bestseller in the U.K., and he was named the Author of the Year at the 2006 British Book Awards.

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