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A Good Read: Simon Calder and Satish Kumar

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Simon Calder and Satish Kumar

01/05/2001

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Simon Calder and Satish Kumar discuss books by Peter Godwin, John O'Farrell and Gita Mehta

4 Extra Debut. Matthew Parris, Simon Calder and Satish Kumar discuss books by Peter Godwin, John O'Farrell and Gita Mehta. From May 2001.

Matthew Parris and his guests, travel writer Simon Calder and educationalist Satish Kumar, discuss favourite paperbacks by Peter Godwin, John O'Farrell and Gita Mehta. From 2001. 

Mukiwa by Peter Godwin 
Publisher: Picador 

The Best a Man Can Get by John O'Farrell 
Publisher: Transworld 

A River Sutra by Gita Mehta 
Publisher: Vintage.

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