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Radio 4,25 Oct 2011,30 mins

Christopher Frayling and Nikki Bedi

A Good Read

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Christopher Frayling, Professor Emeritus at the Royal College of Art, and broadcaster Nikki Bedi talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. Christopher's recommendation is a passionate political polemic: Ill Fares The Land: A Treatise On Our Present Discontents, by Tony Judt. Nikki picks The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, the story of a boy growing up in an Indian family in America. Harriett's choice is the first in the celebrated Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin. Producer: Beth O'Dea First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.

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