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A Good Read: Terry Deary and Shappi Khorsandi

Terry Deary, of Horrible Histories, and Shappi Khorsandi talk books with Harriett Gilbert.

Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories, and Iranian-born British comedian Shappi Khorsandi talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books, which include Adrian Mole.

In the first of a new series, Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories, and Iranian-born British comedian Shappi Khorsandi talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.

Terry chooses a little-known but fascinating 1904 novel by G.K. Chesterton: The Napoleon of Notting Hill. It's set in an imaginary future London in 1984, and it's said to have inspired George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. For Terry, it's the book that made him become a writer.

Shappi's favourite is Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction, by Sue Townsend, in which Adrian hits middle age.

And presenter Harriett Gilbert talks about John McGahern's masterpiece, Amongst Women, which stirs up strong feelings about family in both her and her guests.

Producer Beth O'Dea.

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Terry Deary of Horrible Histories and Shappi Khorsandi talk books with Harriett Gilbert.

4 Extra Debut. Terry Deary, Shappi Khorsandi and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by GK Chesterton, Sue Townsend and John McGahern.  From 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary and comedian Shappi Khorsandi - talk to Harriett about their favourite books by GK Chesterton, Sue Townsend and John McGahern.

The Napoleon of Notting Hill by GK Chesterton
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers

Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend
Publisher: Penguin

Amongst Women by John McGahern
Publisher: Faber and Faber

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.

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