{"product_id":"9781781256503","title":"Keeping On Keeping On","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Bennett, Alan, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/10\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 560 pages, 2 plate sections of 8 pages each,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Profile Faber,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Profile Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Autobiography: literary, Diaries \u0026amp; journals\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781781256503\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e'I seem to have banged on this year rather more than usual. I make no apology for that, nor am I nervous that it will it make a jot of difference. I shall still be thought to be kindly, cosy and essentially harmless. I am in the pigeon-hole marked 'no threat' and did I stab Judi Dench with a pitchfork I should still be a teddy bear.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlan Bennett's third collection of prose Keeping On Keeping On follows in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful Writing Home and Untold Stories, each published ten years apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis latest collection contains Bennett's peerless diaries 2005 to 2015, reflecting on a decade that saw four premieres at the National Theatre (The Habit of Art, People, Hymn and Cocktail Sticks), a West End double-bill transfer, and the films of The History Boys and The Lady in the Van.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a provocative sermon on private education given before the University at King's College Chapel, Cambridge, and 'Baffled at a Bookcase' offers a passionate defence of the public library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an engaging, humane, sharp, funny and unforgettable record of life according to the inimitable Alan Bennett.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35547460599961,"sku":"9781781256503","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781781256503.jpg?v=1601397780","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781781256503","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}