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A Good Read: David Edgar and Helen Cross

David Edgar and Helen Cross

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Sue MacGregor, David Edgar and Helen Cross discuss books at the Birmingham Book Festival.

4 Extra Debut. David Edgar, Helen Cross and Sue MacGregor discuss favourite books by Anthony Trollope, Naomi Wolf and Graham Greene. From 2009.

Sue MacGregor talks to playwright David Edgar and novelist Helen Cross at the Birmingham Book Festival about their favourite books - titles by Graham Greene, Anthony Trollope and Naomi Wolf.

Books featured:  

The Warden by Anthony Trollope, Penguin Classics

The Treehouse by Naomi Wolf, Virago Press

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, Vintage Classics

Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.

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