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Nikesh Shukla and Leone Ross

Nikesh Shukla, Leone Ross and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Thomas Page McBee, Jean Toomer and Arundhati Roy. From 2018.

Writers Nikesh Shukla and Leone Ross join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Thomas Page McBee, Jean Toomer and Arundhati Roy.

Amateur by Thomas Page McBee
Publisher: Canongate

Cane by Jean Toomer
Publisher: Liveright

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.
Publisher: Harper Perennial

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.

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28 minutes

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Wed 26 Mar 202500:00
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  • Tue 2 Oct 201816:30
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  • Fri 5 Oct 201823:00
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  • Tue 25 Mar 202510:00
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  • Wed 26 Mar 202500:00
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