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Brian Sewell and Wendy Cope

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Brian Sewell and Wendy Cope discuss books by Alexander Baron, Edmund Crispin and James Gains. From 2012.

Harriett Gilbert's guests this week are the art critic Brian Sewell and the poet Wendy Cope.

Books chosen:

"From the City, From the Plough," by Alexander Baron

"The Moving Toyshop," by Edmund Crispin

"Evening in the Palace of Reason," by James Gaines

Producer Christine Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.

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