John Lanchester and Susannah Clapp
4 Extra Debut. Tom Sutcliffe, Susannah Clapp and John Lanchester discuss Althea Hayter, Nikolai Gogol and a guide to French cuisine. From February 1998.
4 Extra Debut. Tom Sutcliffe, Susannah Clapp and John Lanchester discuss Althea Hayter, Nikolai Gogol and a guide to French cuisine. From February 1998.
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Publisher: Penguin Classics.
A Sultry Month by Alethea Hayter
Publisher: Robin Clark.
Larousse Gastromonique
Publisher: Reed Books.
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