Rabbi Lionel Blue & Stephen Russell
4 Extra Debut. Rosie Boycott and her guests, Rabbi Lionel Blue and the Barefoot Doctor, discuss books by Rose Macaulay, Jonathan Franzen and Maria McCann. From December 2002.
Rosie Boycott and her two guests, Rabbi Lionel Blue, from Radio 4's Today programme and the Barefoot Doctor (aka Stephen Russell) discuss paperbacks by Jonathan Franzen, Maria McCann and Rose Macaulay. From 2002.
'The Towers of Trebizond' by Rose Macaulay
Publisher: Flamingo
'The Corrections' by Jonathan Franzen
Publisher: Fourth Estate
'As Meat Loves Salt' by Maria McCann
Publisher: Flamingo.
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