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The Shielding of Mrs Forbes

Alan Bennett

Faber 90th Stories brings together some of our finest short stories, past, present and future.

6 in stock

£4.50
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780571351824
Date Published
07.03.2019
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Summary

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.

Thinking Betty was in the bath Graham was watching a late-night programme on Channel 4 called
Footballers with Their Shirts Off when she unexpectedly came in on the trail of the hairdryer.

‘I didn’t know you were interested in football,’ said Betty.

No one must ever find out that Graham is ‘not the marrying sort’. Certainly not his wife, or his mother. As sex, blackmail and fanatical tidiness take over the West Yorkshire parish of Alwoodley, an unlikely caper unfolds.

Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.

AlanBennett

Alan Bennett has been one of our leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for the stage including Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van (together with the screenplay), A Question of Attribution, The Madness of George III (together with the Oscar-nominated screenplay The Madness of King George), and…

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