num_pages: 704
description: Untold Stories brings together some of the finest and funniest writing by Alan Bennett, one of England's best-known literary figures."[Bennett] does what only the best writers can do―make us look at ourselves in a way we've never done before." ―Michael PalinAlan Bennett's first major collection since Writing Home contains previously unpublished work―including the title piece, a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds―along with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996 to 2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews, and comic pieces. In this highly anticipated compendium, the Today Book Club author of The Clothes They Stood Up In reveals a great many untold secrets and stories with his inimitable humor and wry honesty―his family's unspoken history, his memories of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, and his response to the success of his most recent play, The History Boys .Since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s, Bennett has delighted audiences worldwide with writing that is, in his words, "no less serious because it is funny." The History Boys opened to great acclaim at the Royal National Theatre in 2004, winning numerous awards, and is scheduled to open in New York City in April 2006.
language: English
title: Untold Stories
titlecomplete: Untold Stories
genres: British Literature, Autobiography, Essays, English Literature, Short Stories, Humor, Diary, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1787
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Memoir/Biography, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
publisher: Picador