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Jason Watkins & Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
The actor and the journalist share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
Jason Watkins chooses Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark as his good read, and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown champions a book with some similar themes, The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Harriett's selection is The People on Privilege Hill, Jane Gardam's book of short stories.
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Producer Sally Heaven
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Fri 18 Jun 202123:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Tue 15 Jun 202116:30BBC Radio 4
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