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Shirley Williams and Sathnam Sanghera

4 Extra Debut. Shirley Williams, Sathnam Sanghera and Sue MacGregor on books by Khaled Hosseini, Giles Smith and Michael Ondaatje. From 2010.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - veteran politician Baroness Shirley Williams and writer Sathnam Sanghera - discuss favourite books by Khaled Hosseini, Giles Smith and Michael Ondaatje.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Bloomsbury

Lost in Music by Giles Smith
Publisher: Picador

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Publisher: Bloomsbury

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2010.

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  • Tue 5 Oct 201016:30
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