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One of the most exciting pieces of publishing this autumn. Six hundred pages of pure delight from childhood memories through diary entries, theatre and radio anecdotes, to reflection, observation, philosophy and wisdom. Almost impossible to pull away from, it is a must.
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Untold Stories Synopsis
Here, at last, is the astonishing sequel to Alan Bennett's classic Writing Home, updated for paperback.
Untold Stories contains significant previously unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996-2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews and comic pieces. Bennett, as always, is both amusing and poignant, whether he's discussing his modest childhood or his work with figures such as Maggie Smith, Thora Hird and John Gielgud.
Since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s Alan Bennett has delighted audiences worldwide with his gentle humour and wry observations about life. His many works include Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, Talking Heads, A Question of Attribution and The Madness of King George. The History Boys opened to great acclaim at the National in 2004, and is winner of the Evening Standard Award, the South Bank Award and the Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play.
Untold Stories is published jointly with Profile Books.
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Alan Bennett Press Reviews
‘that’s the Christmas present shopping sorted…’ Imogen Stubbs - Daily Telegraph
‘I have never read a book of this length where I have turned the last page with such regret. It is intelligent, educated, engaging, humane, self-aware, cantankerous and irresistibly funny. You want it to go on forever.’
John Carey - Sunday Times
‘Alan Bennett, with his combination of pitiless observation and gentle understatement, is perhaps the best loved of English writers alive today.’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Bennett’s voice is uniquely his own…there runs through his writing a rigorously observant sympathy.’ Guardian
‘Even when discussing boredom, Bennett is never boring.’ Independent on Sunday
‘Alan Bennett has become about the nearest thing we have to a National Living Treasure…and Bennett has always remained true to himself, his past, and above all his parents.’ Evening Standard
About Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett has been one of our leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for the stage, including Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, A Question of Attribution, The Madness of George III (together with the Oscar-nominated screenplay The Madness of King George) and an adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. His most recent play, The History Boys, won Evening Standard and Critics’ Circle awards for Best Play, The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the South Bank Award.
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