4. The Wingback Chair

'I think you show people what they can’t see. About themselves.'
After a day chasing the decisive moment, Rab shares a tender evening with Duncan.

Read by Maxine Peake
Written by Alex Hyde
Abridged by Siân Preece
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie

Alex Hyde is an Associate Professor at University College London. Violets, her first novel, a fictional reimagining of her father’s story, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize, shortlisted for the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize and was a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime. She lives with her family in South London.