Simon Calder and Satish Kumar
4 Extra Debut. Matthew Parris, Simon Calder and Satish Kumar discuss books by Peter Godwin, John O'Farrell and Gita Mehta. From May 2001.
Matthew Parris and his guests, travel writer Simon Calder and educationalist Satish Kumar, discuss favourite paperbacks by Peter Godwin, John O'Farrell and Gita Mehta. From 2001.
Mukiwa by Peter Godwin
Publisher: Picador
The Best a Man Can Get by John O'Farrell
Publisher: Transworld
A River Sutra by Gita Mehta
Publisher: Vintage.
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