Radio 4 Reading List
Bringing you the critical reaction to books mentioned on Radio 4.
The NUJ strike meant we got to listen to some fabulous repeats today, including
I’ve Never Seen Star Wars
Featuring Joan Bakewell who recently published her first novel All the Nice Girls
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Great Lives: Winston Churchill
The expert witness was David Reynolds, who may be familiar to you as the author and presenter of America: Empire of Liberty
If you want to read more on Churchill we can heartily recommend Max Hasting’s recent study: Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord
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Front Row
This edition of Front Row, first broadcast in August, came from the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.
Some of the books mentioned were:
The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver
Bombproof by Michael Robotham
The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill
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And of course there were the final parts of
The Woman’s Hour Drama
So Much for That by Lionel Shriver
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Book of the Week
Philip Larkin’s Letters to Monica
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