Description
| Product ID: | 9781861978196 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Four Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Alan Bennett |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Short stories, Short stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Includes such stories as: "Father! Father! Burning Bright"; "The Clothes They Stood Up In"; "The Laying on of Hands"; and "The Lady in the Van". Like everything Bennett does, these stories are playful, witty and painfully observant of ordinary people''s foibles. They all have brilliant twists, are immensely entertaining and highly moral. And all are modern classics.The Laying on of HandsThe painfully observant account of a memorial service for a masseur to the famous. The Clothes They Stood Up InThe comic tale of an elderly couple''s trials after their flat is stripped completely bare. Father! Father! Burning BrightThe savage satire on the family of a dying man who rules over them from his hospital bed. The Lady in the VanThe true story of the eccentric old woman who is invited to live in a homeowner''s front garden. She stays there, in her van, for fifteen years. The home is Alan Bennett''s. It became a West End hit and a major film, starring Maggie Smith. |
| Imprint Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-09-07 |