Sir Robert May and Pauline Melville
4 Extra Debut. Louise Doughty, Robert May and Pauline Melville discuss books by Primo Levi, Gilbert White and Mikhail Bulgakov. From January 2000.
Louise Doughty and her guests, former government chief scientist Sir Robert May and prize-winning novelist Pauline Melville discuss three favourite paperbacks by Primo Levi, Gilbert White and Mikhail Bulgakov. From 2000.
If This Is A Man by Primo Levi
Publisher: Abacus
The Natural History of Selbourne by Gilbert White
Publisher: Penguin
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Publisher: Flamingo.
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