educational: Intertextuality for beginners

What book are the two characters on the plane reading? Why? WHAT? The book that Jed and Shazzer read on the plane is The Beach by Alex Garland.... WHY? The Beach is about backpackers in Thailand. Bridget Jones travels to Thailand. ... The Archers is a British soap opera which has been broadcast on BBC's channel, Radio 4, for more than half a century now. The Archers is set in the fictional village of Ambridge……….. Dick Van Dyke â€" how did he sound in Mary Poppins? ...