Ian Sansom and Virginia Ironside
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Ian Sansom and Virginia Ironside discuss books by Julian MacLaren-Ross, Lorna Sage and Bohumil Hrabal. From August 2005.
Sue MacGregor and her guests - author, Ian Sansom and agony aunt, Virginia Ironside - discuss books by Julian MacLaren-Ross, Lorna Sage and Bohumil Hrabal. From 2005.
Of Love and Hunger by Julian MacLaren-Ross
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Bad Blood by Lorna Sage
Publisher: Fourth Estate
I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal
Publisher: Picador.
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Tue 16 Aug 200516:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 21 Aug 200523:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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