Sue Arnold & Catherine Bott
4 Extra Debut. Rosie Boycott, journalist Sue Arnold and soprano Catherine Bott discuss books by Dai Sijie, Barry Unsworth and John Buchan. From December 2002.
Rosie Boycott and her guests, former Observer columnist and reviewer, Sue Arnold, and soprano, Catherine Bott discuss books by Dai Sijie, Barry Unsworth and John Buchan. From 2002.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Publisher: Vintage
Losing Nelson by Barry Unsworth
Publisher: Penguin
Greenmantle by John Buchan
Publisher: Oxford University Press.
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Tue 3 Dec 200216:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 8 Dec 200223:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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