Actress Samantha Bond and editor of The New Statesman, Jason Cowley join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite novels by Donna Tartt, Joseph Conrad and Hamid Ismailov. The Secret History by Donna Tartt Publisher PenguinThe Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad Publisher PenguinThe Dead Lake' by Hamid Ismailov translated by Andrew Bromfield Publisher PeireneFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016.
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