A Good Read: The Slide Area by Gavin Lambert Publisher

Sue MacGregor is joined by the comedian Mark Steel and the writer Duncan Fallowell to discuss books by Gavin Lambert, Gary Imlach and Don DeLillo. Their picks feature a poetic dissection of 1950s Hollywood, a poignant memoir of a footballing father, and a satire on global capitalism which divides opinion. The Serpent's Tail My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes by Gary Imlach Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo Publisher: Picador First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007