The uncommon reader
1st Picador ed.
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Publication
2007 - Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
30,000 words, Guess
Page Count
120 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveisbn_9780312427641
- ISBN-100312427646
- ISBN-139780312427641
- OCLC Control Number213300942
- Open LibraryOL26338081M
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6052.E5 U53 2008
Description
The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely ( JR Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett and the classics) and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people like 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.
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"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.
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