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Andi Osho and Toby Young

4 Extra Debut. Sian Williams, Andi Osho and Toby Young discuss books by Stewart Lee, Kingsley Amis and Kathryn Stockett. From 2011.

Sian Williams and her guests - comedian, Andi Osho and journalist, Toby Young - discuss their favourite books by Stewart Lee, Kingsley Amis and Kathryn Stockett.

How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart Lee
Publisher: Faber and Faber

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Publisher: Penguin

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Publisher: Penguin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.

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