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A Good Read: Marcus du Sautoy and David Dabydeen

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Marcus du Sautoy and David Dabydeen

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Discussion of books written by Sam Selvon, G H Hardy and Juliet Nicolson.

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Marcus du Sautoy and David Dabydeen discuss books by Sam Selvon, GH Hardy and Juliet Nicolson. From December 2007.

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy and novelist and cultural critic David Dabydeen join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite books by Sam Selvon, GH Hardy and Juliet Nicolson. 

The Perfect Summer: Dancing into Shadow in 1911 by Juliet Nicolson
Publisher: John Murray

A Mathematician's Apology by G H Hardy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics

Producer: Jane Greenwood.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

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