Rob Newman & Sarfraz Manzoor
Rob Newman, Sarfraz Manzoor and Harriett Gilbert choose books by John Berger, Bob Dylan and Eric Ambler. From 2022.
Comedian Rob Newman and writer Sarfraz Manzoor join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books by John Berger, Bob Dylan and Eric Ambler.
Chronicles: Volume 1 by Bob Dylan
Publisher: Scribner
To the Wedding by John Berger
Publisher: Bloomsbury
The Mask of Dimitrious by Eric Ambler
Publisher: Penguin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2022.
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