Sophie Raworth and Patrick Ness
The newsreader and the writer chat about books with Harriett. Two of the choices take on early colonialism, on two different continents, and EM Forster brings us back to Blighty.
The newsreader and the writer chat about books with Harriett. Sophie and Harriett's choices take on early colonialism on two different continents, in West by Cary Davies and Remembering Babylon by David Malouf respectively, and Patrick's choice of Howard's End by EM Forster brings us back to Blighty.
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