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A Good Read: Howard Brenton and Alexander Walker

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13/07/1999

Howard Brenton and Alexander Walker

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Sara, Howard and Alexander discuss books by Primo Levi, Stefan Zweig and George Orwell.

4 Extra Debut. Sara LeFanu, Howard Brenton and Alexander Walker discuss books by Primo Levi, Stefan Zweig and George Orwell. From July 1999.

Sarah LeFanu and her guests playwright Howard Brenton and film critic Alexander Walker discuss books by Primo Levi, Stefan Zweig and George Orwell. From 1999.

The Truce by Primo Levi
Publisher: Abacus

Casanova: A Study in Self-Portraiture by Stefan Zweig
Publisher: Puskin Press

Keep The Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
Publisher: Penguin Books.

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