Stella Rimington and Terence Blacker
4 Extra Debut. Stella Rimington, Terence Blacker and Kate Mosse discuss books by Italo Calvino, John Banville and Hanif Kureishi. From 2008.
Kate Mosse and her guests - former MI5 chief, Stella Rimington and writer, Terence Blacker - discuss their favourite books by Italo Calvino, John Banville and Hanif Kureishi.
The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino, trans. William Weaver
Publisher: Vintage
The Untouchable by John Banville
Publisher: Picador
Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi
Publisher: Faber
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
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