A Good Read: Gr谩inne Maguire and John Higgs talk favourite books
Comedian Gr谩inne Maguire and alternative history author John Higgs talk to presenter Harriett Gilbert about books they really love.
Comedian Gr谩inne Maguire and alternative history author John Higgs talk to presenter Harriett Gilbert about books they really love. Gr谩inne chooses Elaine Dundy鈥檚 first novel The Dud Avocado, the delightfully funny adventures of a young woman in 1950s Paris. John picks The Patterning Instinct by Jeremy Lent, a history of the world in cultural ideas which offers a brand new way of understanding civilisation and the future. Harriett鈥檚 choice is dark wartime novel The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge.
Producer: Beth O'Dea
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