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A Good Read: Laura Solon and Fleur Adcock

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Harriett Gilbert, Laura Solon and Fleur Adcock discuss their favourite books.

4 Extra Debut. Laura Solon, Fleur Adcock and Harriett Gilbert discuss favourite books by Rumer Godden, Evelyn Waugh and Jane Gardam.  From 2011.

Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite paperbacks with writer Fleur Adcock and comedian Laura Solon. Their choices include a modern classic by Evelyn Waugh and two coming-of-age novels, one set in France and the other in the north of England.

Harriett Gilbert's choice: The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
 Publ. Pan

 Laura Solon's choice: Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
 Publ. Penguin Modern

 Fleur Adcock's choice: Bilgewater by Jane Gardam
 Publ. Abacus Books

Producer Christine Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.

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