Dick Cavett’s favourite books: a surprisingly unpretentious list
The legendary US talk show host selects the quirky and the classic.
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Jonathan Franzen’s favourite opening line to a novel: “The very first impulse of the narrator”
“The method of the whole novel is here in a nutshell.”
Author behind ‘The Penguin Lessons’ denies sexual abuse claims
The allegations date back to the early 1970s.
The book Kathy Bates couldn’t live without: “The quintessential coming-of-age story”
An enduring favourite.
The five books that changed Robert Downey Jr’s life: “It swept me into an education”
What’s on Iron Man’s bookshelf?