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Bennett concedes that "One seldom was able to do her a good turn without some thoughts of strangulation", but as the plastic bags build up, the years pass by and Miss Shepherd moves into Bennett's driveway, a relationship is established which defines a certain moment in late 20th-century London life which has probably gone forever. The dissenting, liberal, middle-class world of Bennett and his peers comes into hilarious but also telling collision with the world of Miss Shepherd: "there was a gap between our social position and our social obligations. It was in this gap that Miss Shepherd (in her van) was able to live".
Bennett recounts Miss Shepherd's bizarre escapades in his inimitable style, from her letter to the Argentinean Embassy at the height of the Falklands War, to her attempts to stand for Parliament and wangle an electric wheelchair out of the Social Services. Beautifully observed, The Lady in the Van is as notable for Bennett's attempts to uncover the enigmatic history of Miss Shepherd, as it is for its amusing account of her eccentric escapades. --Jerry Brotton
Praise for Alan Bennett:
'Has you laughing as well as mopping your eyes. Utter genius
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Alan Bennett is the author of Writing Home, The Madness of George III, Talking Heads, The Clothes They Stood Up In and much else besides. Miss Shepherd lived in a Robin Reliant opposite Bennett's house in Camden Town. After a series of attacks on her van, he suggested she move, with her van, to his front drive. Initially reluctant, she agreed - and Bennett landed himself a tenancy that went on for fifteen years. The Lady in the Van is probably Alan Bennett's best-known work of non-fiction, and follows his other little blockbuster The Clothes They Stood Up In. The story of an eccentric - or perhaps two. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781861971227
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Book Description Condition: New. 1999. New Ed. Paperback. A work of non-fiction that follows the author's other little blockbuster "The Clothes They Stood Up In". Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 78 x 8. Weight in Grams: 76. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781861971227
Book Description Condition: New. 1999. New Ed. Paperback. A work of non-fiction that follows the author's other little blockbuster "The Clothes They Stood Up In". Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 78 x 8. Weight in Grams: 76. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781861971227