Rebecca Root and Jake Arnott

Rebecca Root, the first trans actor to play a trans role in a mainstream BBC series, Boy Meets Girl, and The Long Firm author, Jake Arnott join Harriet Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Chris Ware, Damien Barr and Kurt Vonnegut.

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware. Publisher: Jonathan Cape

Maggie and Me by Damien Barr Publisher: Bloomsbury

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Publisher: Vintage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016.