The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9781846681332 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9781846681332 Global Overview for this book
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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 ( JR Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett and the classics) and intelligently.
Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people like the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. She comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with much that she has to do. In short, her reading is subversive. The consequence is, of course, surprising, mildly shocking and very funny.
Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people like the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. She comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with much that she has to do. In short, her reading is subversive. The consequence is, of course, surprising, mildly shocking and very funny.
Journal Entry 2 by mattandmandy75 at -- Controlled Release, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Released 2 wks ago (4/30/2024 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, New South Wales Australia
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Off to Rach260 as a wishlist tag!
Happy Reading!
Happy Reading!
Thanks mattandmandy75. This one was added to my Wishlist around the time of Queen Elizabeth’s death and funeral. Remember when everything seemed to be about her around that time?
I look forward to reading this and feeling a bit nostalgic about the time I lived in London and the dear queen. I might have voted for an Australian republic but I was fond of the Queen.
I look forward to reading this and feeling a bit nostalgic about the time I lived in London and the dear queen. I might have voted for an Australian republic but I was fond of the Queen.
