Nerina Pallot and Peter Molyneux
4 Extra Debut. Nerina Pallot, Peter Molyneux and Harriett Gilbert discuss Richard Ford, Cormac McCarthy and Carson McCullers. From 2011.
Harriett Gilbert is joined by award-winning singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot and computer games industry pioneer Peter Molyneux to discuss their favourite books.
Nerina's choice is an elegiac story of loss and life - The Sportswriter, by Richard Ford.
Peter has picked the gripping and intimate father-son story - The Road, by Cormac McCarthy.
Harriett's book is an intriguing and occasionally torrid collection of short stories - The Ballad of the Sad Café, by Carson McCullers.
Producer: Toby Field
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
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