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Marcel Berlins and Pauline Black

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Marcel Berlins and Pauline Black choose books by WG Sebald, Chimamanda Adichie and Patrick Marnham. From 2008.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - singer, actress and author Pauline Black and broadcaster Marcel Berlins - discuss favourite books by WG Sebald, Chimamanda Adichie and Patrick Marnham.

The Rings of Saturn by W G Sebald, trans Michael Hulse,
Publisher: Vintage Books

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Publisher: Harper Perennial

Wild Mary: The Life Of Mary Wesley by Patrick Marnham
Publisher: Vintage Books

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.

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  • Tue 28 Oct 200816:30
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  • Fri 31 Oct 200823:00
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  • Mon 16 Sep 201918:30
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  • Tue 17 Sep 201900:30
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