Backing into the Limelight
The Biography of Alan Bennett
Published on 5. October 2001
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-7472-7030-0 (ISBN)
Description
Alan Bennett is one of Britain's most successful and popular living writers. He is also one of the last survivors of a generation of rule-breakers and radicals that first found its voice with "Beyond the Fringe" in 1961. Since then, he has gone on to huge success with his plays ("Kafka's Dick", and "An Englishman Abroad"), films ("A Private Function", "Prick Up Your Ears", and "The Madness of King George"), monologues ("Talking Heads") and diaries ("Writing Home", and "The Lady in the Van"). In this book, the author examines the life of this intriguing, private man and sheds light on his work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Illustrations
16 b&w photos
Dimensions
Height: 161 mm
Width: 238 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7472-7030-0 (9780747270300)
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Alex Games is the comedy criitic of the Evening Standard and reviews comedy for GLR and in the Sunday Times. He is the author of an illustrated biography of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.