In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.

But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA

was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.

Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family?

When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe?

I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the IRA.

Steakknife.

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Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.

Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,

where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.

We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.

Today, a dangerous boy, a diary of very little consequence and a bear of very little brain.

With me to introduce their good read are the actor-director and comedian Ben Miller,

D.I. Richard Poole in Death in Paradise, half of the Armstrong and Miller show,

and whose latest big-screen appearance is as Rowan Atkinson's

sidekick, Boff, in Johnny English Strikes again. In November, Ben publishes his first book

for children, the night I met Father Christmas. With him is writer and radio presenter Danny Wallace,

columnist for Shortlist magazine, host of a Sunday morning show on Radio X, and author of more than a dozen books, most recently FU Very Much, and out this month for children, Hamish and The Terrible Terrible Christmas.

Danny, would you start us off? Your good read is?

My good read is Diary of a Nobody by George and Weeden Grossmith.

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