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Chris Lintott and Neil McCormick

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Chris Lintott and Neil McCormick on books by Anne Tyler, Olaf Stapledon and Marie Darrieussecq. From 2012.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - astronomer and Sky at Night presenter, Chris Lintott and Chief Music Critic for The Daily Telegraph, Neil McCormick - discuss favourite books by Anne Tyler, Olaf Stapledon and Marie Darrieussecq.

A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler
Publisher: Vintage

White by Marie Darrieussecq
Publisher: Faber

First Men by Olaf Stapledon
Publisher: Gollancz

Producer: Toby Field

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.

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