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The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett

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• Characters: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• ISBN: 9780374280963 (0374280967)
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Language: english
• Author: Alan Bennett
• Release date: September 18, 2007
• Genres: fiction, humor, contemporary, novella, adult
• Format: hardcover, 120 pages
• Awards: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2008), Sakura Medal Nominee for High School Book (2010)

About The Book

A deliciously funny novella that celebrates the pleasure of reading. When the Queen in pursuit of her wandering corgis stumbles upon a mobile library she feels duty bound to borrow a book. Aided by Norman, a young man from the palace kitchen who frequents the library, the Queen is transformed as she discovers the liberating pleasures of the written word.

The author of the Tony Award winner The History Boys, Alan Bennett is one of Britain’s best-loved literary voices. With The Uncommon Reader, he brings us a playful homage to the written word, imagining a world in which literature becomes a subversive bridge between powerbrokers and commoners. By turns cheeky and charming, the novella features the Queen herself as its protagonist. When her yapping corgis lead her to a mobile library, Her Majesty develops a new obsession with reading. She finds herself devouring works by a tantalizing range of authors, from the Brontë sisters to Jean Genet. With a young member of the palace kitchen staff guiding her choices, it’s not long before the Queen begins to develop a new perspective on the world — one that alarms her closest advisers and tempts her to make bold new decisions. Brimming with the mischievous wit that has garnered acclaim for Bennett on both sides of the Atlantic, The Uncommon Reader is a delightful celebration of books and writers, and the readers who sustain them.

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