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Doris Lessing & Kenneth Grange

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Doris Lessing and Kenneth Grange discuss books by Claire Messud, Michael Holroyd and John Krakauer. From December 2003.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - novelist, Doris Lessing and designer, Kenneth Grange - discuss books by Claire Messud, Michael Holroyd and John Krakauer. From 2003.

The Last Life by Claire Messud
Publisher: Picador

Basil Street Blues by Michael Holroyd
Publisher: Abacus

Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
Publisher: Anchor (Pan).

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  • Tue 9 Dec 200316:30
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