A Good Read - Laura Solon and Fleur Adcock

Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite paperbacks with writer Fleur Adcock and comedian Laura Solon. Their choices include a modern classic by Evelyn Waugh and two coming-of-age novels, one set in France and the other in the north of England.

Harriett Gilbert's choice: The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
Publ. Pan

Laura Solon's choice: Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
Publ. Penguin Modern

Fleur Adcock's choice: Bilgewater by Jane Gardam
Publ. Abacus Books

Producer: Christine Hall

Published on Monday, 27th June 2011.

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