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Afternoon Reading: Helen Simpson - In-Flight Entertainment

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Helen Simpson - In-Flight Entertainment

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Alan is delighted by an unexpected upgrade to first class, but his mood is soon soured.

Alan is delighted by an unexpected upgrade to first class, but his mood is soon soured. Read by David Shaw-Parker.

Three short stories taken from Helen Simpson's new collection, In-Flight Entertainment.

Alan, on a transatlantic flight, is delighted by an unusual upgrade to a first class seat, but is to find his journey disturbed by portents of doom.

Reader: David Shaw-Parker.

Abridged and Produced by Joanna Green. 

This is a Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

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