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Gary Kemp and Daljit Nagra

4 Extra Debut. Daljit Nagra, Gary Kemp and Sue MacGregor discuss books by Patrick Hamilton, Esther Freud and Seamus Heaney. From 2010.

Poet Daljit Nagra and musician and actor Gary Kemp talk to Sue MacGregor about favourite books by Patrick Hamilton, Esther Freud and Seamus Heaney.

Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton
Publisher: Penguin Classics

North by Seamus Heaney
Publisher: Faber

Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud
Publisher: Penguin

First broadcast in Radio 4 in July 2010.

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