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Richard Stilgoe and Sarah Churchwell

Richard Stilgoe, Sarah Churchwell and Sue MacGregor discuss books by Vladimir Nabokov, Roald Dahl and LP Hartley. From 2010.

Songwriter and lyricist Richard Stilgoe and Sarah Churchwell, lecturer in American literature and culture, talk to Sue MacGregor about favourite books by Vladimir Nabokov, Roald Dahl and LP Hartley.

Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics

Matilda by Roald Dahl
Publisher: Puffin

The Shrimp and the Anemone by L.P Hartley
Publisher: Faber Fiction Classics

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.

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