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Radio 4,21 Jun 2011,30 mins

Laura Solon and Fleur Adcock

A Good Read

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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

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