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Sandi Toksvig & Edna Healey

4 Extra Debut. Sandi Toksvig and Edna Healey discuss books by Florence King, Kazuo Ishiguro and Mary Renault with host Martha Kearney. From June 2006.

Martha Kearney and her guests - comedian and presenter Sandi Toksvig and writer Baroness Edna Healey - discuss favourite books by Florence King, Kazuo Ishiguro and Mary Renault. From 2006.

Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King
Publisher: Virago

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher: Faber

The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
Publisher: Arrow.

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30 minutes

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Tue 19 Jun 201800:30

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  • Tue 27 Jun 200616:30
  • Fri 30 Jun 200623:00
  • Mon 18 Jun 201818:30
  • Tue 19 Jun 201800:30

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