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Three Stories: "Father! Father! Burning Bright", "The Clothes They Stood Up In", "The Laying on of Hands" by Bennett, Alan, 1934-; Bennett, Alan, 1934- Father! Father! Burning bright; Bennett, Alan, 1934- Clothes they stood up in; Bennett, Alan, 1934- Laying on of hands is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Three Stories: "Father! Father! Burning Bright", "The Clothes They Stood Up In", "The Laying on of Hands" about?

Here are Alan Bennett's hugely admired, triumphantly reviewed and bestselling novellas, brought together in one book for the first Father! Father! Burning Bright, the savage satire on a dying man's family reaction as he still asserts control over them from the hospital bed. Over 60,000 sold in small format. The Clothes They Stood Up In, has sold over 200,000 copies as a small novella and was 14 weeks in the Bestseller lists. It is the painful story of what happens to an elderly couple when their flat is stripped completely bare. The Laying on of Hands, a memorial service for a masseur to the famous that goes horribly wrong. Over 100,000 copies sold as a novella. Like everything Alan Bennett does, these stories are playful, witty and painfully observant of ordinary people's foibles. And they all have a brilliant and surprising twist; are immensely funny and profoundly moral.

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Author

Bennett, Alan, 1934-; Bennett, Alan, 1934- Father! Father! Burning bright; Bennett, Alan, 1934- Clothes they stood up in; Bennett, Alan, 1934- Laying on of hands

Publisher

Profile Books Ltd

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781861976338

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.84 / 5 (79 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14