A Good Read | Baroness Margaret Jay and Ekow Eshun
Based on Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
Louise Doughty and her guests Baroness Margaret Jay and journalist Ekow Eshun talk about favourite paperbacks by Douglas Coupland, Colm Toibin and Philip Larkin.
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Girlfriend in a Coma
December 15 1979, Karen Ann McNeill goes into a deep coma after a teen party. She remains under until 1997. When she wakes up, the voices in her head keep telling her the world is about to end, but Karen doesn't believe them.
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Who the Wild Things Are
Philip Glassborow explores the origins of Maurice Sendak's top-selling children's book 'Where the Wild Things Are'.