Dame Anne Begg is this week’s Bookbencher. The MP for Aberdeen South tells us what she is currently reading and which books she would save if the
British Library caught fire.
What book’s on your bedside table at the moment?
The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone. Except it is no longer on my bedside as it is on my iPad!
What book would you read to your children?
Each Peach, Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg.
What literary character would you most like to be?
I wouldn’t necessarily like to be this person, but the character I identify most closely with is Chris Guthrie in Sunset Song.
What book do you think best sums up ‘now’?
1984 by George Orwell
What was the last novel you read?
The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina – I read a lot of murder mysteries/detective fiction.
What book would you most recommend?
Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon is my favourite novel of all time.
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