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Short Works: Something Less Than Our Best by Max Sydney Smith

Something Less Than Our Best

Something Less Than Our Best by Max Sydney Smith

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A funny and forlorn tale about working in a bar.

4 Extra Debut. A funny and forlorn tale about working in a bar 'where something less than our best is more than enough'. Read by Rose Lucas.

"It is something of a relief to come into the bar in the evenings. We are together and something less than our best is more than enough."

A funny and forlorn tale about working in a bar.

An original short work for radio by  Max Sydney Smith.

Read by Rose Lucas. 

Producer:  Becky Ripley  

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2020.

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