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Radio 4,04 Dec 2007,30 mins

Marcus du Sautoy and David Dabydeen

A Good Read

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Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy and novelist and cultural critic David Dabydeen join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite books by Sam Selvon, GH Hardy and Juliet Nicolson. The Perfect Summer: Dancing into Shadow in 1911 by Juliet Nicolson Publisher: John Murray A Mathematician's Apology by G H Hardy Publisher: Cambridge University Press The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics Producer: Jane Greenwood. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

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