A Good Read: Hal Cruttenden and Daisy Buchanan
The comedian and the writer talk to Harriett about favourite books, including one of Orwell's less well known novels.
The comedian and the writer talk to Harriett about favourite books, including one of Orwell's less well known novels, Coming Up for Air, chosen by Hal after he played the central character in a one man show. Daisy has gone for Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin, and Harriett loves Jenny Diski's Stranger on a Train, a travel memoir by someone who is not too keen on travel.
Producer Sally Heaven
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