Here are Alan Bennett's hugely admired bestselling novellas, brought together in one book for the first time. These witty stories are painfully observant of ordinary people's foibles, and they all have a brilliant and surprising twist, while being immensely funny and profoundly moral. 'The Laying On...
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Book binding :Hardback
Preservation state :3. Good
Publication Date :25/04/2025
Year of edition :0
Authors :Alan Bennett
Number of pages :224
Here are Alan Bennett's hugely admired bestselling novellas, brought together in one book for the first time. These witty stories are painfully observant of ordinary people's foibles, and they all have a brilliant and surprising twist, while being immensely funny and profoundly moral. 'The Laying On of Hands' tells of a memorial service for a masseur to the famous that goes horribly wrong; 'The Clothes They Stood Up In' is the painful story of what happens to an elderly couple when their flat is stripped bare; and 'Father! Father! Burning Bright' is a savage satire on a dying man's family reaction as he still asserts control over them from the hospital bed.
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