David Edgar and Helen Cross
4 Extra Debut. David Edgar, Helen Cross and Sue MacGregor discuss favourite books by Anthony Trollope, Naomi Wolf and Graham Greene. From 2009.
Sue MacGregor talks to playwright David Edgar and novelist Helen Cross at the Birmingham Book Festival about their favourite books - titles by Graham Greene, Anthony Trollope and Naomi Wolf.
Books featured:
The Warden by Anthony Trollope, Penguin Classics
The Treehouse by Naomi Wolf, Virago Press
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, Vintage Classics
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
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