A Good Read

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Historians Roy Foster and Andrew Roberts discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Roy Foster and Andrew Roberts discuss books by Hanif Kureishi, William Maxwell and John Harris.  From 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - historians Roy Foster and Andrew Roberts -  discuss favourite books by John Harris, Hanif Kureishi and William Maxwell. 

Covenant with Death by John Harris 
Publisher:  Sphere

The Chateau by William Maxwell
Publisher: Vintage

The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi 
Publisher:  Faber

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.

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