Nick Hornby & Carlo Rovelli
4 Extra Debut. Nick Hornby, Carlo Rovelli and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Viv Albertine, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Tobias Wolf. From 2020.
Author Nick Hornby and Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Viv Albertine, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Tobias Wolf.
‘Throw Away, Unopened’ by Viv Albertine.
Publisher: Faber
‘White Nights’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher: Penguin
‘Old School’ by Tobias Wolff
Publisher: Bloomsbury
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2020.
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