Harriett Gilbert and her guest - former MP, Edwina Currie and actor, Nicholas Le Provost - discuss their favourite books by Beryl Bainbridge, Dorothy Whipple and Azar Nafisi. 'An Awfully Big Adventure’ by Beryl Bainbridge. Publisher: Abacus‘The Priory’ by Dorothy Whipple. Publisher: Persephone Books‘Lolita in Tehran’ by Azar Nafisi. Publisher: Harper PerennialFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.
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