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A Good Read: Philippa Pearce and Ben Gill

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24/04/2001

Philippa Pearce and Ben Gill

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Ben Gill and Philippa Pearce discuss paperbacks by Gerald Durrell and Rian Mulan.

4 Extra Debut. Matthew Parris, Ben Gill and Philippa Pearce discuss paperbacks by Gerald Durrell, Rian Mulan and Nick Hornby. From April 2001.

Matthew Parris and his guests, former President of the National Farmers' Union Ben Gill and author Philippa Pearce discuss favourite paperbacks by Gerald Durrell, Rian Mulan and Nick Hornby. From 2001. 

Books discussed: 

'My Family and Other Animals' by Gerald Durrell 
Publisher: Penguin 

'My Traitor's Heart' by Rian Mulan 
Publisher:Vintage 

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby 
Publisher: Penguin.

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