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 today, the teenage diaries of Margaret Forster and the democratisation of

publishing with the crowdfunded book. But first, for those seasonal shoppers wanting to escape

the tyranny of homogenised high street gifting, you can't get more personal than a book. On today's

program, we've called in a couple of

bibliomaniacs to guide us through their suggestions for three supremely tricky recipients.

We've chosen a trio of iconic literary characters of old, Chaucer's wife of Bath,

the legendary Bon Vivor, Jay Gatsby, and flighty innocent Isabel Archer from Portrait of a Lady,

and challenged two writers to think of great new books for their stockings.

Joining me are Patrick Flannery, his latest novel, I Am No One,

was a disturbing take on privacy and surveillance, and Preeti Tenija,

who this year set King Lear in modern-day India in We That Are Young.

Welcome to you both. Thank you very much for rising to this challenge.

Let's start with Chaucer's wife of Bath, shall we? A feisty, older woman with a zest for life.

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