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A Good Read

Rebecca Root and Jake Arnott

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Rebecca Root, the first trans actor to play a trans role in a mainstream BBC series, Boy Meets Girl, and The Long Firm author, Jake Arnott join Harriet Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Chris Ware, Damien Barr and Kurt Vonnegut.

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware.
Publisher: Jonathan Cape

Maggie and Me by Damien Barr
Publisher: Bloomsbury

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Vintage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jake Arnott
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Root
Producer:
Sally Heaven

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