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Ronan Bennett and Barbara Trapido

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor is joined by novelists Ronan Bennett and Barbara Trapido to discuss books by Michael Reynolds, Bernard MacLaverty and Slavenka Drakulic. From Nov 2005.

Novelists Ronan Bennett and Barbara Trapido join Sue MacGregor to discuss books by Michael Reynolds, Bernard MacLaverty and Slavenka Drakulic. From 2005.

The Young Hemingway by Michael Reynolds.
Publisher: Norton

Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty
Publisher: Vintage

They Would Never Hurt a Fly by Slavenka Drakulic
Publisher: Abacus.

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  • Tue 4 Jan 2005 16:30
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  • Sun 9 Jan 2005 23:00
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