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Michael Dobbs and Katie Puckrik

4 Extra Debut. Michael Dobbs, Katie Puckrik and Harriett Gilbert on books by Kevin Myers, Jennifer Egan and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - author, Michael Dobbs and broadcaster, Katie Puckrik - discuss favourite books by Kevin Myers, Jennifer Egan and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Watching the Door - Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast by Kevin Myers
Publisher: Atlantic

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Publisher: Corsair

Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Publisher: Penguin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.

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30 minutes

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Tue 22 Mar 202200:30

BOOKS FEATURED IN THIS PROGRAMME

Watching the Door - Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast by Kevin Myers

Published by Atlantic

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Published by Corsair

Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Published by Penguin

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterHarriett Gilbert
Interviewed GuestMichael Dobbs
Interviewed GuestKatie Puckrik
ProducerBeth O'Dea

Broadcasts

  • Tue 19 Nov 201316:30
  • Fri 22 Nov 201323:00
  • Mon 21 Mar 202218:30
  • Tue 22 Mar 202200:30

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