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100			_aBennett , Alan
245			_aThe uncommon reader / _cBy Alan Bennett
250			_aFirst published in hardback in 2007
260			_aLondon : _bProfile Books , _c2006 .
300			_a121 pages : _billustrations ; _c18 cm .
520			_aIn this deliciously funny novella that celebrates the pleasure of reading, the Uncommon reader is none other than Her Majesty the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely (J.R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett, and the classics) and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people such as 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. 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.
650			_aMonarchy _vFiction
650			_aRoyalty _vFiction
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