Peter O'Brien
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Books are the main thing.
It'd probably be the reason for my divorce if I ever get married.
I just keep going.
I love books.
To read, I kind of chose an easy thing.
When I was in New York, I found by Central Park there were bookstores and there was an omnibus of all E.F.
Benson's stories about Map and Lucia.
He wrote them in the 20s and 30s.
Benson lived in a house in Rye,
So Roy becomes Tilling.
They're kind of social comedies about these two powerful women who kind of outwit each other.
They're the best books.
It's like when you have a cold and you have chicken soup.
If I'm feeling depressed, I read these books.
Otherwise, there's a woman who I love, Sarah Winman, who's written some great novels.
The last one she wrote was called Still Life, which is about Florence.
And it's fantastic.
I read it a lot.
Do you watch much television?