Synopsis
Louise Doughty and her guests Baroness Margaret Jay and journalist Ekow Eshun talk about favourite paperbacks by Douglas Coupland, Colm Toibin and Philip Larkin.
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.
World Book Club | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about her novel set during the 1960s Biafran War in Nigeria. With Harriett Gilbert.