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Jonathan Coe/Gemma Cairney

Harriett Gilbert is joined by comic novelist Jonathan Coe and Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney to recommend favourite books.

Harriett Gilbert is joined by comic novelist Jonathan Coe and Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney to recommend favourite books.

Jonathan's choice is the first in a tragi-comic epic, a semi-autobiographical novel by the late David Nobbs, creator of 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'.

Gemma chooses a novel by Laura Dockrill, a vividly imagined story of mermaids and pirates, and Harriett dusts off a novel from the 1940s by Nevil Shute. Its subject matter is sharply topical, suddenly: an elderly man leads a growing group of refugee children across Europe, attempting to avoid the Nazi invaders.

Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery

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24 minutes

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Mon 23 Sep 2019 23:30

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  • Fri 13 Nov 2015 23:00
  • Mon 23 Sep 2019 23:30

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