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World Service,18 Jan 1999,28 mins

Samuel Shem's Mount Misery

Meridian

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The psychiatrist Dr Michael Campell and the writer Kate Saunders review the American novelist and psychiatrist's sequel to his bestselling satirical novel about medical students, The House of God. Also on the programme: the Whitbread-winning writer Giles Foden talks about his novel The Last King of Scotland, the author Michelle Roberts and a visit to an independent bookstore in Houston.

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