Alan Bennett

Returning home from the opera, Mr. and Mrs. Ransome discover that their Notting Hill flat has been stripped bare of everything, and they are forced to adjust to life without the possessions that define them--until their things mysteriously reappear.

The Clothes They Stood Up in

Sarah Sammis

The book had its moments but as it progressed it seemed to go off tangent. It reads like one long-winded run-on sentence held together by a string of "and thens".

The Clothes They Stood Up In is Alan Bennett's first story. Like Charles Dickens' novels which were first published in magazines, it originally appeared in the London Review of Books - which the author says 'seems to me (and not just because I occasionally contribute to it) the liveliest, most serious and also the most radical literary periodical we have'.

The Clothes They Stood Up In

Clodagh Nolan-Smith

The Clothes They Stood Up In

A funny short piece by Alan Bennet in his typical style. Perfect length for a long journey and sure to keep you amused.

Christina Hufford

(This is a 3.5 more than a 3. Longer review a potential possibility.)

Basically it was enjoyable written, but the explanation for WHERE all their stuff when was pretty contrived, and the ending was ... sudden.