Judith Kerr and Matthew Kneale

Judith Kerr was known to generations of young readers for her celebrated series of Mogg books and her semi-autobiographical novel, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, a child's view of the rise of Nazism in pre-war Germany. Judith chose a powerful graphic novel, Maus by Art Spiegelman, which describes his father's wartime experiences as a Holocaust survivor.

Alongside Judith is her son Matthew Kneale, whose novel English Passengers won the Whitbread Book of the Year Prize in 2000. Matthew chooses Ryszard Kapuscinski's account of the fall of the Ethiopian dictator, Haile Selassie. They also discuss Sue MacGregor's choice, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

The Complete MAUS by Art Spiegelman
Publ. Penguin

The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Publ. Penguin Classics

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Publ. Penguin Modern Classics

Producer Mark Smalley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2010.