Sir Menzies Campbell & Alain de Botton
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Menzies Campbell and Alain de Botton on books by Roy Hattersley, Nicholson Baker and Diana Athill. From April 2004.
Sue MacGregor and her guests - politican, Sir Menzies Campbell and author, Alain de Botton - discuss favourite books by Roy Hattersley, Nicholson Baker and Diana Athill. From 2004.
Stet by Diana Athill
Published by Granta
Who Goes Home by Roy Hattersley
Published by Abacus
U & I: A True Story by Nicholson Baker
Published by Granta.
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Tue 27 Apr 200416:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 2 May 200423:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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