A Good Read

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Doctor twins Chris and Xand van Tulleken talk to Harriett Gilbert about favourite books.

4 Extra Debut. Chris and Xand van Tulleken join Harriett Gilbert to discuss books by Samuel Shem, James Fenton and Evelyn Waugh. From 2017.

Doctor twins and broadcasters Chris and Xand van Tulleken join presenter Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Samuel Shem, James Fenton and Evelyn Waugh. 

The House of God by Samuel Shem
Publisher Black Swan

Yellow Tulips Poems 1968 - 2011 by James Fenton
Publisher Faber

Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Publisher Penguin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.

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