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A Good Read: Andy McNab and George the Poet

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SAS thriller writer Andy McNab and spoken word artist George the Poet choose a good read

Harriett Gilbert invites former SAS man turned thriller writer Andy McNab and social activist and spoken word artist George the Poet to choose their good reads.

Former SAS serviceman turned thriller writer Andy McNab chooses Touching The Void as his good read, the true story of Joe Simpson's disastrous climbing expedition that ended in tragedy.  Natives by Akala, the hip hop artist, a semi autobiographical polemic on race and class in modern Britain is chosen by George the Poet and Attica Locke's crime thriller featuring black Texas ranger Darren Mathews, Bluebird Bluebird is Harriett's choice.

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