Graham Norton has been a saucy mainstay of British entertainment for so long that it is hard to imagine him doing anything else.
Talk-show host, radio presenter, Eurovision Song Contest frontman, “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” judge, he is known for being quick, empathetic and outrageous, and for relishing nothing more than a good dirty anecdote.
But Norton is also the author of three novels, and it is a surprise to discover how quiet and restrained they are, how far removed from his outré public persona.