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4 Extra Debut. Thomas Sutcliffe, Diane Abbott and Bill Nighy discuss titles by Mark Twain, John McGahern and Iain Sinclair. From July 1997.
Thomas Sutcliffe, Diane Abbott and Bill Nighy discuss titles by Mark Twain, John McGahern and Iain Sinclair. From July 1997.
Roughing It by Mark Twain,
Publisher: Faber and Faber,
Amongst Women by John McGahern,
Publisher: Penguin
Lights out for the Territory by Iain Sinclair,
Publisher: Granta.
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Wed 16 Jul 199710:00BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 20 Jul 199721:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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