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2019 Books, Andr茅 Aciman and David Bowie

Mariella Frostrup, Carrie Plitt, Octavia Bright and John Self recommend the best books of 2019.

Mariella Frostrup rounds up the best books of 2019 with Carrie Plitt and Octavia Bright from the Literary Friction podcast and books reviewer John Self.

Andr茅 Aciman, author of the bestseller novel turned Oscar-winning film Call Me By Your Name, explores why he's brought back his well loved characters from back again in it's sequel Find Me. And David Bowie鈥檚 literary life is explored in Bowie鈥檚 Books- The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Shaped His Life- John O'Connell's new collection of essays exploring the singers love affair with reading.

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28 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 Dec 2019 16:00
  • Thu 12 Dec 2019 15:30

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