A Good Read: Stewart Lee, Kingsley Amis, Kathryn Stockett

Comedian Andi Osho nominates Stewart Lee's autobiography How I Escaped My Certain Fate, which deconstructs the art of stand-up comedy. Journalist Toby Young talks about his love of Kingsley Amis' classic tale of campus life, Lucky Jim, and Sian Williams chairs the discussion with her choice, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, set in 1960s Mississippi.
Producer Beatrice Fenton.
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BOOKS FEATURED IN THE PROGRAMME

How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian

Andi Osho's choice: How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart Lee
Publ. Faber and Faber

Modern Classics Lucky Jim (Penguin Modern Classics)

Toby Young's choice: Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Publ. Penguin
http://homepage1.nifty.com/ta/sfa/amis.htm

The Help

Sian Williams' choice: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Publ. Penguin
http://globe.asahi.com/bestseller/091123/01_02.html