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Radio 4,20 Apr 1999,30 mins

Gareth Armstrong and Jenny Uglow

A Good Read

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Sarah Lefanu and her guests, actor Gareth Armstrong and biographer Jenny Uglow, discuss three favourite paperbacks by Bill Bryson, Penelope Fitzgerald and Jonathan Raban. From 1999. Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson Publisher: Penguin The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald Publisher: Flamingo Our Glory by Jonathan Raban Publisher: Picador.

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