John Mitchinson

Sam thought the idea excellent.

I mean, you know, just as a piece of comic.

Penelope Fitzgerald is actually a Simpsons line.

It's a Simpsons line.

TV, is there anything it can't do?

Penelope Fitzgerald, is there anything she can't do?

You know, to have so much range when what you specialise in is seeming light comedy.

So we're going to wrap up in a minute.

But before we wrap up, I'm going to ask each of you a question.

So we're recommending to listeners that they, if they haven't read Penelope Fitzgerald before, they could start with Human Voices and they'll get loads out of it.

I know it's a wonderful book and they'll enjoy it.

Which Penelope Fitzgerald novel should they read?

after they read Human Voices.

And how was it?

We should say that Penelope Fitzgerald loved setting her novels at points of change.

So The Gate of Angels, for instance, is set in... Cambridge.

Cambridge, thank you, is set in Cambridge in 1913, 12?

So we, the readers, know what is going to happen quite soon.

The last four are all broadly historical novels, aren't they?

And Lucy, to you, you've read Human Voices.