Colin Dexter & Russell James
Louise Doughty, Colin Dexter and Russell James discuss books by Martha Gelhorn, AE Housman and Jill Dawson. From August 2001.
Louise Doughty is joined by crime writers Colin Dexter and Russell James to talk about favourite paperbacks by Martha Gelhorn, AE Housman and Jill Dawson. From 2001.
Collected Poems by AE Housman
Publisher: Penguin
The View From the Ground by Martha Gelhorn
Publisher: Granta
Fred and Edie
Publisher: Sceptre.
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