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Simon Hoggart and Jenny Lacey
Sarah LeFanu and her guests, journalist Simon Hoggart and broadcaster Jenny Lacey, talk about three favourite paperbacks.
The Original - Michael Frayn
Published by Methuen
Starcarbon - Ellen Gilchrist
Published by Bloomsbury
The Valley of Bones - Anthony Powell
Published by Mandarin.
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