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Ralph Steadman & Hugh Thomson

Ralph Steadman and Hugh Thomson join host Sue MacGregor to discuss books by Gwen Raverat, Oscar Wilde and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From August 2004.

Sue MacGregor and her two guests - cartoonist and illustrator Ralph Steadman and documentary-maker Hugh Thomson - discuss favourite books by Gwen Raverat, Oscar Wilde and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From 2004.

Period Piece, by Gwen Raverat
Publisher: Faber

De Profundis, by Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Penguin Classics

Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Publisher: Penguin.

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  • Tue 17 Aug 2004 16:30
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Sun 22 Aug 2004 23:00
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Mon 14 Aug 2017 18:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 15 Aug 2017 00:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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