Souad Faress and John Sutherland
4 Extra Debut. Sarah LeFanu, Souad Faress and Professor John Sutherland discuss books by Salman Rushdie and James Baldwin. From August 1999.
Sarah LeFanu and her guests, actress Souad Faress and writer and lecturer Professor John Sutherland, discuss three favourite paperbacks. From 1999.
Midnight's Children - by Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Vintage
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone - by James Baldwin
Publisher: Penguin
Christina the Astonishing - by Jane Draycott and Lesley Saunders
Publisher: Two Rivers Press.
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Tue 31 Aug 199916:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 5 Sep 199923:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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