Bonnie Greer, John Polkinghorne and Arnold Brown
4 Extra Debut. Bonnie Greer, John Polkinghorne and Arnold Brown discuss paperbacks by JM Coetzee, Keith Ward and Alison Lurie. From December 1999.
Bonnie Greer and guests philosopher John Polkinghorne and comedian Arnold Brown discuss favourite paperbacks by JM Coetzee, Keith Ward and Alison Lurie. From 1999.
The War Between the Tates by Alison Lurie
Publisher: Vintage
God, Faith & the New Millennium by Keith Ward
Publisher: One World
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
Publisher: Minerva.
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