"The Uncommon Reader" by Alan Bennett
First read: 17.04.2009
Comments: This was all I expected and more. The Queen of England accidentally picks up a book that fascinates her when she discovers there's a moving library that has a stop in her garden, she just picks it up to be polite but she falls for it and soon wants the sequel. With the assistance of a kitchen boy called "Norman", also a addicted reader (in particular to gay literature) she becomes the most uncommon of readers, much to the displeasure of her household and servants, who want her to be someone who takes an interest in everything her subjects do but isn't interested in anything herself, so as not to look "partial". The ending rocks. I really want to re-listen to this.
Quotes:
★ You don't put your life into your books, you find it there.
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