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A Good Read: Penelope Lively and Will Smith

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Writers Penelope Lively and Will Smith talk to Harriett Gilbert about favourite books.

4 Extra Debut. Will Smith, Dame Penelope Lively and Harriett Gilbert on books by John Kennedy Toole, Barry Lopez and Kingsley Amis. From 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - novelist, Dame Penelope Lively and comedy writer, Will Smith - discuss their favourite books by John Kennedy Toole, Barry Lopez and Kingsley Amis. 

‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ by John Kennedy Toole
Publisher:  Penguin

‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez
Publisher: Penguin

‘Lucky Jim’ by Kingsley Amis
Publisher: Harvill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.

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