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Bill Paterson and Dea Birkett

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Bill Paterson and Dea Birkett discuss books by Bernhard Schlink, John Steinbeck and Richard Holmes. From 2011.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actor Bill Paterson and travel writer Dea Birkett - discuss favourite paperback books by Bernhard Schlink, John Steinbeck and Richard Holme.

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Publisher: Phoenix

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics

Footsteps by Richard Holmes
Publisher Harper Press

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.

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