Joe Talbot and Nancy Medina
Growing up under dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, an intellectual take on love, and a guide to traversing the galaxy are the themes of this week's book choices.
THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Diaz (Faber), chosen by Nancy Medina
ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks (William Morrow), chosen by Joe Talbot
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams (Pan), chosen by Harriett Gilbert
Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic Nancy Medina chooses a book that reminds her of growing up in the Dominican Republic. It's a funny, intense and often brutal tale of life under a dictatorship.
Joe Talbot from the band Idles selects bell hooks' essays on love which explores the act of loving and how it can be applied to relationships, parenting and what society chooses to prioritise.
Harriett's choice is Douglas Adams' story about Arthur Dent's journey through space with an alien called Ford Prefect after earth is demolished to make way for a bypass.
Presenter: Harriett Gilbert
Producer: Toby Field, for BBC Audio Bristol
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