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Ralph Steadman & Hugh Thomson

Ralph Steadman and Hugh Thomson join host Sue MacGregor to discuss books by Gwen Raverat, Oscar Wilde and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From August 2004.

Sue MacGregor and her two guests - cartoonist and illustrator Ralph Steadman and documentary-maker Hugh Thomson - discuss favourite books by Gwen Raverat, Oscar Wilde and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From 2004.

Period Piece, by Gwen Raverat
Publisher: Faber

De Profundis, by Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Penguin Classics

Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Publisher: Penguin.

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30 minutes

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Tue 15 Aug 201700:30

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  • Tue 17 Aug 200416:30
  • Sun 22 Aug 200423:00
  • Mon 14 Aug 201718:30
  • Tue 15 Aug 201700:30

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