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Al Murray and Tarek Osman discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

Al Murray, Tarek Osman and Harriett Gilbert discuss good books by Naguib Mahfouz, Philip Roth and Joseph Heller.  From 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - comedian Al Murray, aka The Pub Landlord, and Egyptian political economist, Tarek Osman - discuss their favourite books by Naguib Mahfouz, Philip Roth and Joseph Heller.

Children of The Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
Publisher: Doubleday US

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller           
Publisher: Vintage

Everyman by Philip Roth              
Publisher: Vintage
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

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