Russell Kane & Sarah Perry
Harriett Gilbert, Sarah Perry and Russell Kane discuss books by Iris Murdoch, Heinrich Boll and Shirley Jackson. From 2019.
Comedian Russell Kane and novelist Sarah Perry join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Iris Murdoch, Heinrich Boll and Shirley Jackson.
The Train Was On Time by Heinrich Boll, translated by Leila Vennewitz
Publisher Penguin
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch
Publisher Vintage
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson, her slightly fictionalised memoir.
Publisher Penguin
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 2019.
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Tue 26 Nov 2019 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4- Fri 29 Nov 2019 23:00麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
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