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Simon Callow & Alexander McCall Smith

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Simon Callow and Alexander McCall Smith on Robert Harris, Roger Grenier and Christopher Isherwood. From September 2004.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - actor, Simon Callow and the author of the The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency stories, Alexander McCall Smith - discuss books by Robert Harris, Roger Grenier and Christopher Isherwood. From 2004.

Pompeii by Robert Harris
Publisher: Hutchinson

Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood
Publisher: Vintage

The Difficulty Of Being A Dog by Roger Grenier
Publisher: Chicago University Press.

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  • Tue 21 Sep 200416:30
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