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Woolwich BMW. T's and C's apply. Danny Wallace, Brady OX. Hello and welcome to podcast number

42 from the important broadcast. A literature theme, literature theme this week. Oh, is that the title then? I think it might be. Oh, good. Well done. Because I give you a book. You're going to read that book? I'll read it all this week. Great. I've got, I mean, let me just finish the book I'm currently. What is that? Which is, this is going to hurt.

Still?

Oh, I've read it for about two weeks. How long is this book? You know what, it's not very long, and I should have read it quicker. But you've brought a book in yourself, in a Rugrats notebook, a collection of pieces you wrote when you were around eight years old in Billerickey. Yeah. Billerickey years, your Billericky era.

Long before, of course, it was... were around eight years old in Billerickey. Yeah. Billerickey years, your Billerickie era.

Long before, of course, it was known for Gavin and Stacey and the home of Lee Evans.

Correct.

Billerickie was a much more, you know, stark landscape. I think that's where I derived a lot of this kind of windy, cold terrain that you'll find within the text.

Well, it's true.

Just the stark realism of Billerickey in the mid-90s.

It's quite nice to reflect on it to see where my dialogue style started.

Yeah, it is a journey.

Yeah, and now obviously I'm much more descriptive.

And what was the name of your school?

Mayflower.

Mayflower. So, yeah, so very, very influenced, heavily influenced by all the goings on,

and the characters at the Mayflower School in Billerickey in the 90s.

And of course that idea...

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