AT FREDDIE’S by Penelope FitzgeraldRead about the other books on his list.
Years ago, I was going to make a film of this so I got to know Penelope. She was one of the great British writers of the second half of the 20th century. She wrote a series of books about her own experience and this one is about a wacky children’s drama school.
See a different list of Simon Callow's six best books from 2012.
--Marshal Zeringue