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Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel (nominee)
From the author of The History Boys and The Clothes They Stood Up In
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, Bennett describes the Queen's transformation as she discovers the liberating pleasures of the written word. With the poignant and mischievous wit of The History Boys, England's best loved author revels in the power of literature to change even the most uncommon reader's life.
Genre: General Fiction
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, Bennett describes the Queen's transformation as she discovers the liberating pleasures of the written word. With the poignant and mischievous wit of The History Boys, England's best loved author revels in the power of literature to change even the most uncommon reader's life.
Genre: General Fiction
Used availability for Alan Bennett's The Uncommon Reader
Hardback Editions
May 2015 : Hardback
Title: The Uncommon Reader
Author(s): Alan Bennett
ISBN: 7549564485 / 978-7549564484
Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press
Availability: Amazon CA
April 2010 : UK Hardback
2007 : UK Hardback
May 2008 : USA Hardback
September 2007 : UK Hardback
September 2007 : USA Hardback
September 2007 : UK Hardback
Title: The Uncommon Reader
Author(s): Alan Bennett
ISBN: 1-84668-094-8 / 978-1-84668-094-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Availability: Amazon UK
September 2007 : UK Hardback
Paperback Editions
July 2021 : UK Paperback
Title: The Uncommon Reader
Author(s): Alan Bennett, Alan Bennett
ISBN: 0-571-32702-8 / 978-0-571-32702-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Availability: Amazon UK
March 2021 : UK Paperback
Title: The Uncommon Reader
Author(s): Alan Bennett
ISBN: 1-78816-806-2 / 978-1-78816-806-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Profile Books
Availability: Amazon UK
May 2012 : UK Paperback
January 2011 : UK Paperback
October 2008 : Paperback
June 2008 : UK Paperback
September 2008 : USA Paperback
Audio Editions
September 2008 : USA Audio CD
September 2007 : UK Audio CD
Kindle Editions
September 2008 : Australia, Canada, UK Kindle edition
September 2007 : USA Kindle edition
Title: The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
Author(s): Alan Bennett
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Availability: Amazon