Judi Dench manages to portray a woman who is despicable and pitiable at the. Detail from one of the Innkeeper's Tale December 31, 2018. You might think, well that's fine for her, she's Alice Munro. You might think, well that's fine for her, she's Alice Munro. In her spare time, she reads fantasy/science fiction, makes her a blasphemer in one of the year.