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Radio 4,21 Dec 2008,30 mins

Nigella Lawson and debut novels

Open Book

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Mariella Frostrup presents the books magazine. She is joined by Nigella Lawson, who reveals the five books that mean the most to her. And in the year that a debut novelist won the Man Booker Prize, how important is it for a writer to make an impression with their first book?

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