Margaret Forster, Joan Bakewell and Gerard McBurney
4 Extra Debut. Margaret Forster, Joan Bakewell and Gerard McBurney discuss books by Benjamin Franklin, VS Naipaul and Andrea Levy. From December 1999.
Margaret Forster and her guests Joan Bakewell and composer Gerard McBurney discuss three of their favourite paperbacks by Benjamin Franklin, VS Naipaul and Andrea Levy. From 1999.
The Fruit of the Lemon by Andrea Levy
Publisher: Headline (Hodder)
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Penguin Classics
A Way in the World by VS Naipaul
Publisher: Minerva.
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