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A Good Read: James Walton and Lindsey Davis

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Lindsey Davis and James Walton share favourite paperback books with Harriett Gilbert.

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Lindsey Davis and James Walton discuss books by Richard Hughes, Nicholson Baker and Georgette Heyer.  From 2011.

Journalist and critic James Walton and Lindsey Davis, creator of the ancient Roman detective Falco join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Richard Hughes, Nicholson Baker and Georgette Heyer.  

A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Publisher: Vintage Classics

James Walton's choice
The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
Publisher: Pocket Books

Royal Escape by Georgette Heyer
Publisher: Arrow Books

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.

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