Untold Stories
Author: Alan Bennett
Untold Stories, Part 4: A Common Assault contains two more reminiscences from Bennett’s life and an essay on the class system, read by Bennett himself. A Common Assault describes an incident in Italy when he was mugged, and found himself trying to give a statement to the police in bad Italian. The History Boys harks back once more to Bennetts time at school, and shows how….Read More
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