Discussing a book – answers
As you listen to the first part of the discussion see if you can answer the following questions.
- What is this discussion part of? an online literary festival
- Name the two guests and say what their jobs are. Peter Grant – journalist and Daisy Dawes -author
- How many of the panel have written a book? they have all written books
- What does Peter say that makes the others laugh? He says ‘Our books are better!’ (than the one they are discussing
- How long did it take the author (Will Russell) to write the book? 10 years
- What did he do with the ‘2 ideas he made into 1? he scrapped it (abandoned it)
- What is Willy Russell most famous for? writing plays and being a musician
- What is the ‘other string to his bow’ that Peter talks about? painting
- Peter calls him ‘Everyman’ why do you think he uses this phrase? it means that he is successful at many things
- What helped to ‘paint a great picture’ in the book according to Daisy? the other ‘hats’ i.e. his other talents
- What does a ‘really rounded picture’ mean? a complete picture
- Which character in the book does she think is really well-developed? the grandmother
- When did Daisy first read the book? last week
- Who is the main character in Willy Russell’s book? a teenager called Raymond
- How is the book written? as a series of letters (to Morrisey a singer)