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Radio 4,08 Jul 2014,25 mins

Al Murray and Tarek Osman

A Good Read

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Harriett Gilbert and her guests - comedian Al Murray, aka The Pub Landlord, and Egyptian political economist, Tarek Osman - discuss their favourite books by Naguib Mahfouz, Philip Roth and Joseph Heller. Children of The Alley by Naguib Mahfouz Publisher: Doubleday US Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Publisher: Vintage Everyman by Philip Roth Publisher: Vintage First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

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