Louise Doughty, Kevin Loader and Paul Morley
4 Extra Debut. Louise Doughty, Kevin Loader and Paul Morley on books by Guy de Maupassant, Anita Shreve and David Foster Wallace. From April 2001.
Louise Doughty and her guests, producer Kevin Loader and music journalist Paul Morley, discuss favourite books by Guy de Maupassant, Anita Shreve and David Foster Wallace. From 2001.
'Bel Ami' by Guy de Maupassant
Publisher: Penguin
'The Weight of Water' by Anita Shreve
Publisher: Abacas
'A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again' by David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Abacus.
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