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Steve Punt and John O'Farrell

4 Extra Debut. Steve Punt, John O'Farrell and Sue MacGregor discuss books by Tobias Wolff, Jerome K Jerome and Simon Winchester. From August 2005.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - comedian Steve Punt and author and script writer John O'Farrell - discuss favourite books by Tobias Wolff, Jerome K Jerome and Simon Winchester. From 2005.

Old School by Tobias Wolff
Publisher: Bloomsbury

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Publisher: Penguin Classics

The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester
Publisher: Penguin.

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Tue 23 Jan 201800:30
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  • Tue 2 Aug 200516:30
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  • Sun 7 Aug 200523:00
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