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Jack Monroe and Doon MacKichan

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Jack Monroe and Doon MacKichan on books by Bryce Courtenay, Jenny Offill and Juan Gabriel Vásquez. From 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - food blogger, Jack Monroe and comic actor, Doon MacKichan - discuss favourite books by Bryce Courtenay, Jenny Offill and Juan Gabriel Vásquez.

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Publisher: Penguin

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Publisher. Granta

The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Publisher: Bloomsbury

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.

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30 minutes

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Tue 6 Sep 202200:30

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterHarriett Gilbert
Interviewed GuestJack Monroe
Interviewed GuestDoon Mackichan
ProducerBeth O'Dea

Broadcasts

  • Tue 18 Nov 201416:30
  • Fri 21 Nov 201423:00
  • Mon 5 Sep 202218:30
  • Tue 6 Sep 202200:30

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