Journalist, Rachel Johnson, and journalist/broadcaster Martin Kelner join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Beth Gutcheon, Norman Collins and Beryl Bainbridge. Rachel's choice is about every parent's worst nightmare - the disappearance of a child: Still Missing by Beth Gutcheon.Martin opts for a weighty story of the capital city and its characters during the Second World War: London Belongs to Me by Norman Collins.Harriett's choice is the witty and poignant tale of two women, desperately seeking love, lust and wine: The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge.First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 2011.
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Folge vom 22.11.2011Rachel Johnson and Martin Kelner
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Folge vom 15.11.2011Nerina Pallot and Peter MolyneuxHarriett Gilbert is joined by award-winning singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot and computer games industry pioneer Peter Molyneux to discuss their favourite books.Nerina's choice is an elegiac story of loss and life - The Sportswriter, by Richard Ford.Peter has picked the gripping and intimate father-son story - The Road, by Cormac McCarthy.Harriett's book is an intriguing and occasionally torrid collection of short stories - The Ballad of the Sad Café, by Carson McCullers.Producer: Toby FieldFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
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Folge vom 08.11.2011Trevor Phillips and David MorrisseyHarriett Gilbert is joined by actor David Morrissey and Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips to discuss some of their favourite books.David Morrissey's choice is the 1934 crime classic 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' by James M Cain.Trevor Phillips chooses 'The War of the End of the World' by Peruvian Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.Harriett's choice this week is 'A Handful of Dust' by Evelyn Waugh.Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery.First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
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Folge vom 01.11.2011Stephanie Flanders and Roisin McAuleyHarriett Gilbert is joined by the BBC's Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders and novelist and journalist Roisin McAuley to discuss favourite books.Stephanie Flanders' choice is 'The Great Crash 1929', a classic account of financial disaster by one of the twentieth century's most influential economists, John Kenneth Galbraith. A witty and elegant analysis which is compelling even to those who can't tell their leverage from their margins.Roisin McAuley chooses a novel by the award-winning Patricia Ferguson, 'Peripheral Vision'. The quality of her writing and the intelligence of her psychological insights into her characters has drawn comparisons to Muriel Spark.Harriett's choice this week is a classic fifties detective story from Dame Ngaio Marsh: 'Singing in the Shrouds', her twelfth novel to feature the detective hero, Roderick Alleyn.Producer: Mary Ward-LoweryFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.