Colm Toibin & Tony Robinson
4 Extra Debut. Martha Kearney is joined by novelist Colm Toibin and the actor Sir Tony Robinson to discuss books by Mark Twain, Juan Jose Saer and Tim Winton. From July 2006.
Martha Kearney and her guests - novelist, Colm Tóibín and actor, Tony Robinson - discuss books by Mark Twain, Juan Jose Saer and Tim Winton. From 2006.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Publisher: Penguin
The Witness by Juan Jose Saer, trans. Margaret Jill Costa
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Cloudstreet: A Novel, by Tim Winton
Publisher: Picador.
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