Jon Ronson and Karen Thomson
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Jon Ronson and Karen Thomson discuss books by Anna Funder, George Saunders and Christopher Brookmyre. From April 2005.
Sue MacGregor and her guests - writer and documentary film-maker, Jon Ronson and chief executive of AOL UK, Karen Thomson - discuss favourite books by Anna Funder, George Saunders and Christopher Brookmyre. From 2005.
Stasiland by Anna Funder
Publisher: Granta
Pastoralia by George Saunders
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre
Publisher: Abacus.
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