Samuel Beckett 's darkly comic and little-known short story offers fascinating insights into his life. The piece focuses on a first love affair and the primary loves that influenced Beckett's life and writing: his dead father, his delight in language, and his profound need for isolation. The 39-year-old narrator looks back to when he was 25 and talks about the eviction from his childhood home, his life as a vagrant in Dublin and meeting his first love, "Lulu", the prostitute. Stephen Dillane reads extracts from the story, with commentary by actress Billie Whitelaw , biographer James Knowlson , and publisher John Calder. Producer Rebecca Stratford