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Razia Iqbal and Judith Flanders

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Razia Iqbal and Judith Flanders discuss books by Jhumpa Lahiri, Sybille Bedford and Shirley Hazzard. From August 2005.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - BBC journalist Razia Iqbal and author Judith Flanders - discuss books by Jhumpa Lahiri, Sybille Bedford and Shirley Hazzard. From August 2005.

Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher: Flamingo

A Visit to Don Otavio, by Sybille Bedford
Publisher: Elland Books

The Bay of Noon, by Shirley Hazzard
Publisher: Virago.

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  • Tue 30 Aug 200516:30
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