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A Good Read

Penelope Lively and Will Smith

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Harriett Gilbert and her guests - novelist, Dame Penelope Lively and comedy writer, Will Smith - discuss their favourite books by John Kennedy Toole, Barry Lopez and Kingsley Amis.

‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ by John Kennedy Toole
Publisher: Penguin

‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez
Publisher: Penguin

‘Lucky Jim’ by Kingsley Amis
Publisher: Harvill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Penelope Lively
Interviewed Guest:
Will Smith
Producer:
Beth O'Dea
Source: BBC Online

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