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Radio 4,22 Jul 2008,30 mins

Julian Barnes and Maureen Freely

A Good Read

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Sue MacGregor is joined by novelists Julian Barnes and Maureen Freely to discuss favourite books by Penelope Fitzgerald, Pawel Huelle and John Kennedy Toole. The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald Publisher: Flamingo Books Mercedes-Benz by Pawel Huelle, (translation by Antonia Lloyd-Jones) Publisher: Serpents Tail A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Publisher: Penguin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2008.

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