A Good Read: Hal Cruttenden and Daisy Buchanan

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Society & Culture, Books

4.2 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The comedian and the writer talk to Harriett about favourite books, including one of Orwell's less well known novels, Coming Up for Air, chosen by Hal after he played the central character in a one man show. Daisy has gone for Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin, and Harriett loves Jenny Diski's Stranger on a Train, a travel memoir by someone who is not too keen on travel.

Producer Sally Heaven

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0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:07.0	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.0	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:14.0	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for
0:21.7	Leukin. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex von
0:26.7	Tunselman. This is The Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.2	Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.
0:38.9	Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,
0:42.0	where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.
0:46.4	We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.
0:51.1	Today, I'm joined by the actor and comedian Howell Cruttenden,
0:55.9	seen on TV and everything from Have I Got News for you to the Great British Bake Off an extra slice. Howell's currently on a
1:01.6	nationwide tour with his new stand-up show. It's best you hear it from me on life in the
1:06.8	aftermath of a divorce. With him is the writer Daisy Buchanan,
1:12.7	whose novels include most recently Carrering and Limelight,
1:15.0	the latter published just this month.
1:17.3	Daisy also hosts the Your Booked podcast,
1:20.2	where she interviews fellow authors
1:21.6	about their reading habits.
1:24.1	Hal, Cruttendon, would you start us off?
1:25.8	What have you chosen as a good read?
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