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Fiona Shaw & Nicola Coughlan

4 Extra Debut. Fiona Shaw and Nicola Coughlan join Harriett Gilbert to talk books by Jon Ronson, Joan Didion and Dorothy M Hughes. From 2020.

Irish actors Fiona Shaw and Nicola Coughlan join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Jon Ronson, Joan Didion and Dorothy M Hughes.

The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
Publisher: Picador

In a Lonely Place by Dorothy M Hughes
Publisher: Penguin

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Publisher: Fourth Estate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020.

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28 minutes

Last on

Wed 11 Mar 202600:00

Broadcasts

  • Tue 14 Jul 202016:30
  • Fri 17 Jul 202023:00
  • Tue 10 Mar 202610:00
  • Tue 10 Mar 202616:00
  • Wed 11 Mar 202600:00

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