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Yasmin Khan & David Mitchell

Yasmin Khan, David Mitchell and Harriett Gilbert talk books by Anne Tyler, Madeline Miller and Ryszard Kapuściński. From 2020.

Travel and food writer Yasmin Khan and novelist David Mitchell join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Anne Tyler, Madeline Miller and Ryszard Kapuściński.

Circe by Madeline Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury

Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuściński
Publisher: Penguin

Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
Publisher: Penguin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020.

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Wed 27 May 2026 00:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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