Writing Home By Alan Bennett. 9780571196678

Alan Bennett Diaries #1Writing HomeAlan Bennett\nBringing together the hilarious, revealing, and \nlucidly intelligent writing of one of England's best known literary \nfigures, Writing Home includes the journalism, book and theater reviews,\n and diaries of Alan Bennett, as well as \""The Lady in the Van,\"" his \nunforgettable account of Miss Shepherd, a London eccentric who lived in a\n van in Bennett's garden for more than twenty years. This revised and \nupdated edition includes new material from the author, including more \nrecent diaries and his introduction to his Oscar-nominated screenplay \nfor The Madness of King George . A chronicle of one of the most \nimportant literary careers of the twentieth century, Writing Home is a \nclassic history of a life in letters.\nAbout the authorAlan Bennett is an English author and Tony Award-winning playwright. Bennett's first stage play, Forty Years On,\n was produced in 1968. Many television, stage and radio plays followed, \nalong with.