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Rent The Uncommon Readerla
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Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: Sep 2008
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $16.00
Pages: 128
Synopsis
A deliciously funny novella that celebrates the pleasure of reading. When the Queen, in pursuit of her wandering corgis, stumbles upon a mobile library she feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Aided by Norman, a young man from the palace kitchen who frequents the library, Bennett describes the Queen's transformation as she discovers the liberating pleasures of the written word. With the poignant and mischievous wit of The History Boys, England's best-loved author revels in the power of literature to change even the most uncommon reader's life.
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