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John Fortune and Jonathan Meades

4 Extra Debut. John Fortune, Jonathan Meades and Sue MacGregor discuss Zoe Heller, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and Flann O'Brien. From January 2005.

Two satirists, John Fortune and Jonathan Meades, join Sue MacGregor to discuss books by Zoe Heller, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and Flann O'Brien. From 2005.

Notes On A Scandal by Zoe Heller
Publisher: Penguin

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Publisher: The Harvill Press

The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
Publisher: Flamingo.

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  • Tue 11 Jan 200516:30
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  • Sun 16 Jan 200523:00
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