Nicola Davies and Max Jarrett
4 Extra Debut. Bel Mooney, Nicola Davies and Max Jarrett discuss paperbacks by Fannie Flagg, Ralph Ellison and Giles Foden. From November 1999.
Bel Mooney and her guests novelist Nicola Davies and journalist Max Jarrett choose their three favourite paperbacks by Fannie Flagg, Ralph Ellison and Giles Foden. From 1999.
Welcome to the World Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg
Publisher: Vintage
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
Publisher: Faber
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Publisher: Penguin.
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Tue 30 Nov 199916:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 5 Dec 199923:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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