Nick Hornby & Carlo Rovelli
4 Extra Debut. Nick Hornby, Carlo Rovelli and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Viv Albertine, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Tobias Wolf. From 2020.
Author Nick Hornby and Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Viv Albertine, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Tobias Wolf.
鈥楾hrow Away, Unopened鈥� by Viv Albertine.
Publisher: Faber
鈥榃hite Nights鈥� by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher: Penguin
鈥極ld School鈥� by Tobias Wolff
Publisher: Bloomsbury
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2020.
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