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• The Uncommon Reader

  Published: July 18, 2007, 11:16 pm

  Tags: Alan Bennett, The Queen, Dogs, Reading

  Reader," a novella by Alan Bennett, the English national treasure and author of "The History Boys." The thing appeared in virtually unaltered form in the London Review of Books some months ago, and although we here at Stevereads saved it and photocopied it and assiduously handed it around, we thought we'd be dealing with clumsy xeroxes

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• A Royal Appetite for Books

  Published: October 9, 2007, 12:30 pm

  Tags: Arts Amp Amp Culture, Alan Bennett

  of course.) The delights of Alan Bennett's The Uncommon Reader begin with its title, a gentle but deft play on words, and flow forth in easeful perfection for the 120 pages that follow. (The infallible Mr. Bennett is the Brit responsible for such wonderful imports as Beyond the Fringe, Talking Heads and The History Boys.) The uncommon reader is

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