Warren Mitchell and Victor Adebowale
Tom Sutcliffe, Warren Mitchell and Victor Adebowale discuss books by Tom Wolfe, Italo Calvino and Henry Mayhew. From 1998.
Tom Sutcliffe, Warren Mitchell and Victor Adebowale discuss books by Henry Mayhew, Italo Calvino and Tom Wolfe.
Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Publisher: Picador
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Publisher: Vintage
London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew
Publisher: Dover
Producer: Paul Dodgson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
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Wed 11 Feb 199810:00BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 15 Feb 199821:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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