John Oxford and Dorothy Crawford
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, John Oxford and Dorothy Crawford discuss books by Ken Kesey, Daniel Defoe and Simon Armitage. From 2010.
Sue MacGregor is joined by two leading virus experts, John Oxford and Dorothy Crawford to discuss favourite paperbacks by Ken Kesey, Daniel Defoe and Simon Armitage.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
Publsiher: Penguin Classics
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Simon Armitage
Publisher. Faber and Faber
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.
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