A Good Read

Rebecca Root and Jake Arnott


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Rebecca Root, the first trans actor to play a trans role in a mainstream BBC series, Boy Meets Girl, and The Long Firm author, Jake Arnott join Harriet Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Chris Ware, Damien Barr and Kurt Vonnegut.

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware.

Publisher: Jonathan Cape

Maggie and Me by Damien Barr

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

Publisher: Vintage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016.

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