Jon McGregor and Cathy Rentzenbrink
4 Extra Debut. Cathy Rentzenbrink, Jon McGregor and Harriett Gilbert on books by Amy Leach, Penelope Lively and Alan Johnson. From 2017.
Cathy Rentzenbrink, Jon McGregor and Harriett Gilbert on books by Amy Leach, Penelope Lively and Alan Johnson.
The novelist Jon McGregor (If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, Even the Dogs, Reservoir 13) doesn't normally like books where the story springs from 'letters and diaries found in the attic'. Can Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger convince him otherwise? (A book his fellow guest, the writer Cathy Rentzenbrink (The Last Act of Love, A Manual for Heartache) loves so much she has re-read it countless times).
Cathy doesn't much like nature writing. Can Jon's choice of a book of poetic essays - Things That Are by Amy Leach - bring her round? And might they at least find common ground with Harriett's choice, Alan Johnson's memoir This Boy?
Things That Are by Amy Leach
Publisher: Canongate
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Publisher: Penguin
This Boy by Alan Johnson
Publisher: Corgi
Producer: Mair Bosworth
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 2017.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Harriett Gilbert |
| Interviewed Guest | Jon McGregor |
| Interviewed Guest | Cathy Rentzenbrink |
| Producer | Mair Bosworth |
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