A Good Read

Laura Solon and Fleur Adcock


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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

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