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Harriett Gilbert

Adam Kay

Farrah Jarral

Mair Bosworth

A Good Read: Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral

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Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral

12/06/2018

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Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with former doctors Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral.

Two former doctors, writer Adam Kay and broadcaster Farrah Jarral, join Harriett Gilbert to talk about favourite books by Mohsin Hamid, David Sedaris and Per Petterson.

Two former doctors join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books. Adam Kay is a writer and comedian whose first book, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, was published to great acclaim in 2017. Farrah Jarral is a writer and broadcaster who was, until recently, a London GP. 

The good reads up for discussion are Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris and I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson. 

Producer: Mair Bosworth.

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