We're kicking off season 4 in style by visiting the beautiful North London home of the magnificent David Nicholls! As we are sure you are aware, David is massively bestselling internationally renowned author of novels such as One Day, Us and most recently Sweet Sorrow as well adapting work such as Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose and Great Expectations for the screen. We spoke to David about being an understudy, Dickens, adaptation and Billy Wilder.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDavid Nicholls - One DayDavid Nicholls - Starter For TenDavid Nicholls - The UnderstudyDavid Nicholls - UsDavid Nicholls - Sweet SorrowJean De Brunhoff - Colourful World of BabarDaniel Rosenthal - National Theatre StoryTobias Wolff - Stories ofEdward St Aubyn - Never MindRoald Dahl - Danny the Champion of the WorldFord Maddox Ford - The Good SoldierPatrick Hamilton - Hangover SquareMuriel Spark - Girls of Slender MeansMuriel Spark - Prime of Miss Jean BrodieMuriel Spark - The Driver’s SeatCharles Dickens - Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens - David CopperfieldCharles Dickens - Oliver TwistCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseCharles Dickens - Our Mutual FriendLucia Berlin - Evening in ParadiseLucia Berlin - Manual For Cleaning WomenNell Zink - The WallcreeperNell Zink - MislaidKen Kesey - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s NestJohn Cheever - StoriesF. Scott Fitzgerald - Tender is the NightF. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great GatsbyThomas Hardy - Tess of the d'UbervillesPhillip Larkin - A Girl in WinterPhillip Larkin - JillMilan Kundera - Book of Laughter and ForgettingMilan Kundera - Unbearable Lightness of BeingMilan Kundera - Life is ElsewhereAlan Hollinghurst - Line of BeautyEM Forster - Howards EndHelen Garner - The Spare RoomHelen Garner - The Children’s BachPenelope Lively - Heat WavePenelope Fitzgerald - At Freddie’sChoderlos de Laclos - Les Liaisons DangereusesMichael Ondaatje - The ConversationsCameron Crowe - Conversations With WilderFrancois Truffaut - HitchcockElif Batuman - The IdiotTove Jansson - Moominvalley in NovemberLorrie Moore - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?Lorrie Moore - Collected StoriesZadie Smith - Feel FreePhilip Gourevitch - Paris Review InterviewsJoan Didion - Play It As It Lays See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.