A Good Read

Kevin Maguire and Lucy Mangan

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Harriett Gilbert and her guests - journalist, Kevin Maguire and columnist, Lucy Mangan - discuss their favourite books by Florence King, Peter Ackroyd and Simon Gray..

Lucy Mangan's choice:

'Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady' by Florence King

Publisher: Virago

Kevin Maguire's choice:

'The Clerkenwell Tales' by Peter Ackroyd

Publisher: Random House

Harriett Gilbert's choice:

'The Smoking Diaries' by Simon Gray

Publisher: Granta

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in July 2012.

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