The uncommon reader
By: Alan Bennett
Edition: 1st Picador ed.
Publisher: Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780312427641
Subjects: Books and reading; Kings and rulers; Fiction; Queens
Description: "When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely ... and intelligently, she finds that her view of the world changes dramatically. Abetted in her newfound obsession by Norman, a young man from the royal kitchens, the Queen comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with the routines of her role as monarch. Her new passion for reading initially alarms the palace staff and soon leads to surprising and very funny consequences for the country at large."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published: London : Faber and Faber Ltd., 2007.

"A novella"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: 8 books (120 p. ; 19 cm.); title: Content list; title: Author biography & List of additional resources; title: Discussion questions; title: Sign-up sheet; title: Book kit policy & Suggestions for use of kit.