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Radio 4,04 Aug 1998,30 mins

Niall Ferguson and Armando Iannucci

A Good Read

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Tom Sutcliffe and his guests - historian, Niall Ferguson and broadcaster, Armando Iannucci - discuss three favourite paperbacks by Erich Maria Remarque, Raymond Carver and Samuel Beckett. From 1998. The English translation of Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet On The Western Front' Publisher: Virago 'Will You Please Be Quiet, Please' by Raymond Carver. Publisher: Harvill 'Murphy' by Samuel Beckett Publisher: Calder Publications Ltd.

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