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Loading... The Clothes They Stood Up Inby Alan Bennett
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. quirky little book and a very fast read. Well written parable of a traditional and conservative British couple who begin re-evaluating their lives after their flat is "burgled" (and, as the book explains, it is "burgled" not "robbed"). The only thing keeping this from a 5 star review (in my opinion) is the ending. Since I don't want to put out any spoilers, I will simply say it was unexpected and somewhat diluted the "message" this book seemed to be trying to offer. Then again, maybe it should be read simply as a fun book. How would YOU react if you came home and everything including the contents of your refrigerator (and the refrigerator itself) and your toilet paper were all taken??? Fun read with a bite. Small, weird, funny, unexpected, fantastic. What would happen if you came home to find your house completely empty - Every piece of furniture, every picture, every physical memory of your life was gone? The Clothes the Stood Up In, explores the stress of loss and the chance of rebirth. no reviews | add a review
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(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400)
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Written by the author of The Uncommon Reader this book is small in stature but huge on relationship complacency. Some of Bennett's British humor may have been lost on me. Recommended it you are interested in reading more of Bennett. (