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Nick Hornby and Simon Fanshawe

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Nick Hornby and Simon Fanshawe discuss favourite books by Anne Tyler, Michael Frayn and Nancy Mitford. From May 2005.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - writer Nick Hornby and broadcaster Simon Fanshawe - discuss favourite books by Anne Tyler, Michael Frayn and Nancy Mitford. From 2005.

The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
Publisher: Vintage

Spies by Michael Frayn
Publisher: Faber

Noblesse Oblige Edited by Nancy Mitford
Publisher: Oxford Language Classics.

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30 minutes

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  • Tue 10 May 200516:30
  • Sun 15 May 200523:00
  • New Year's Day 201818:30
  • Tue 2 Jan 201800:30

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