Ray Gaita & Anthea Bell
4 Extra Debut. Louise Doughty, Ray Gaita and Anthea Bell discuss Inga Clendinnen, Jenny Diski and Robertson Davies. From December 2000.
Louise Doughty and her guests philosopher Ray Gaita and Anthea Bell, translator of the Asterix books, discuss their favourite paperbacks by Inga Clendinnen, Jenny Diski and Robertson Davies. From 2000.
The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies
Publisher: Penguin
Skating to Antarctica by Jenny Diski
Publisher: Granta
Tiger's Eye by Inga Clendinnen
Publisher: Jonathan Cape.
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